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Definition of: Diaspora
(dī·as′pər·ə) noun
1. The dispersion of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian exile.
2. The Jews or Jewish communities so dispersed.
3. In the New Testament, the Jewish Christians living outside Palestine.1 Pet. i 1. [<Gk., a dispersion <dia- completely + speirein sow, scatter]
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