DIASPORAS

Noun

diasporas

plural of diaspora

Source: Wiktionary


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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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