| 1. Jewish exile, dispersion of the Jews to countries outside of Israel among the Gentiles (after the Babylonian captivity); term used today for the community of Jews living outside of Israel. dispersion of any people from their ancestral homeland. diasporadi*aspo*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 |
| 2. Lit., 'Dispersion.' applied collectively: To those Jews who, after the Exile, were scattered through the Old World, and afterwards to Jewish Christians living among heathen |
