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Diaspora - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Diaspora : (noun)
1: the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine
or modern Israel
2: the dispersion of the Jews outside Israel; from the
destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 587-86 BC when
they were exiled to Babylonia up to the present time [syn:
Diaspora]
3: the dispersion or spreading of something that was originally
localized (as a people or language or culture)
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Diaspora : \Di*as"po*ra\, n. [Gr. ?. See Diaspore.]
Lit., ``Dispersion.'' -- applied collectively: (a) To those
Jews who, after the Exile, were scattered through the Old
World, and afterwards to Jewish Christians living among
heathen. Cf. --James i. 1. (b) By extension, to Christians
isolated from their own communion, as among the Moravians to
those living, usually as missionaries, outside of the parent
congregation.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Diaspora |
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BradJMurray: As per various discussions, building shocks for Diaspora over at GeekDo: http://rpg.geekdo.com/article/4325794#4325794 (public works proj) |
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AntonioVM: Leyendo: Propuesta de resolución del panel de Cultura:“Contribución Cultural de la Diáspora.. http://bit.ly/51l4X9
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MylesC: Diaspora cluster generation complete! Includes a world of beautiful poisonous people, angry mud-dwellers and a bunch of sentient lobsters. |
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