Ashkenazic
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9.6
- adjective
- /ˌæʃkəˈnɑːzɪk/
- In contrast, the Georgian and Mountain Jews stood along the peripheries of the room, and they were expected to follow the Ashkenazic liturgy.
- Ashkenazic Jews
- Ashkenazic Jew
Examples
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With the backing of the international Orthodox Jewish community, Rabbi Silverstein, an Ashkenazic Jew from France, took over the leadership of the synagogue and the Moscow Jewish community from Rabbi Dubinovich, a Russian Jew.
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The Ashkenazic language, Yiddish, is a blend of German and Hebrew, reflecting its unique cultural history.
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Ashkenazic Jews from Europe, America, and Israel also played a big role in synagogue life.
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Their peripheral position in the small hall signaled their marginality in Ashkenazic prayer.
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On reflection, it's not the least bit surprising that Ashkenazic Jews of 1993 differ from their Mediterranean ancestors of 1,200 years ago.
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Today, about 82 percent of the world's Jews are descended from Ashkenazic Jews, 11 percent from Sephardic Jews, and 7 percent from Oriental Jews.
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Just as ethnic Germans tend on average to be more fair-skinned than ethnic Egyptians, Ashkenazic Jews also tend to be more fair-skinned and more likely to have blond hair and blue eyes than Sephardic Jews from the Mediterranean.
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Both the chazzan and the ba'al korei (reader of the Torah) were elderly Russian Jews, and the service was conducted according to an Ashkenazic prayer style with a slight Hasidic influence.
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Many cultural traditions practiced today are deeply rooted in Ashkenazic Jewish heritage.
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Ashkenazic customs often include specific dietary laws that have been observed for generations.
Synonyms
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2.6
Relating to the religion or culture of people who follow Judaism
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7.7
Relating to Jewish people, their culture, and their religion
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9.9
Relating to Jewish people, their culture or religion
Surface Forms
Morphology
Ashkenazic = Ashkenazi (transparent) = Ashkenaz + ic
Clearly derived from the ethnonym 'Ashkenazi' with the adjectival suffix '-ic', so the meaning is directly inferable from the base.
Etymology
Ashkenazic comes from the Hebrew place-name Ashkenaz, which Jews in the Middle Ages used for 'Germany' and later for parts of Central and Eastern Europe. So Ashkenazic describes the customs, language, or traditions of Jews from those lands.