converso

IPA: kˈɑnvɝsoʊ

(history) A Jew or Muslim in Spain or Portugal who converted to Roman Catholicism under duress, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries.

Examples of "converso" in Sentences

They were commonly of converso ancestry.
The old ex converso community is no more.
Maria de Padilla was not of converso ancestry.
A crypto jew is not synonymous with a converso.
I wasn't aware of similar pro-converso sentiment in Mexico.
It might be hard to add people of converso origin otherwise.
Thats the key difference between a plain old converso and a crypto Jew.
His favourable portrait of Jews has led some to suspect that he was a Converso.
Interestingly, it's almost hip now to claim converso ancestry, and there has been something of a movement among people claiming converso ancestry to "reconvert" -- or restore themselves -- to the faith of their very distant fathers.