Ashkenazic
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- noun
- /ˌæʃkəˈnɑːzɪk/
- A horse thief, whereas I, Russian, Ashkenazic, am no criminal.
Examples
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And the Ashkenazic Jews are going to come later on through through immigration.
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Contemporary Jewish sources focus on the devastation that took place in the Jewish communities (Ashkenazic) of the Rhineland.
Blog text (29) -
Godless heathen Jews: Sephardic, NOT Ashkenazic; must be circumcised—NO EXCEPTIONS.
Fiction book (2001) -
Abstract: Although the versions of Pope Urban's call for the First Crusade focus on the need to liberate the Holy Land from the Muslims, crusaders and locals attacked first the communities of the Franco-German (Ashkenazic) Jews.
Blog text (29) -
The Ashkenazic community has a rich cultural heritage that includes unique customs and traditions.
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Many Ashkenazic Jews settled in cities throughout Eastern Europe during the 19th century.
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She discovered that her ancestry was Ashkenazic, tracing back to Central Europe.
Synonyms
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A person who follows the religion Judaism or has Jewish ancestors
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A Jewish person whose family came from central or eastern Europe
Surface Forms
Morphology
Ashkenazic = Ashkenazi (transparent) = Ashkenaz + ic
The noun sense is a direct use of the ethnonym/derivative 'Ashkenazi' with the adjectival/relational suffix '-ic' nominalized in usage, so the relation is clear to learners familiar with 'Ashkenazi'.
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 an Ashkenazic is a person who comes from those Jewish communities.