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Encyclopedia of Religion entry forAshkenazimA mediaeval Jewish name for the Jews of German- and Slavonic-speaking countries, as distinguished from the Spanish and Portuguese Jews who were called Sefardim. See W. O. E. Oesterley and G. H. Box. citations: Encyc. of Rel., Canney
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