Definition of Diaspora

1. Noun. The body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel.

Generic synonyms: Body

2. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Dispersion, Scattering

3. Noun. The dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture).
Generic synonyms: Dispersion, Distribution

Definition of Diaspora

1. n. 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.

Definition of Diaspora

1. migration [n -S] - See also: migration

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diaspora

diarthrodial joint
diarthroses
diarthrosis
diarthrosis
diarticular
diary
diary
diary keeper
Dias
diaschisis
diascope
diascope
diascopes
diascopy
Diaspididae
diaspora (current term)
diasporas
diaspore
diaspore
diaspores
diasporic
diastalsis
diastaltic
diastase
diastase
diastases
diastasic
diastasis
diastasis
diastasis recti

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