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n. - (medieval Spain) a Jew or Moor who converted to Christianity (especially those who professed conversion in order to avoid persecution but continued to practice their religion secretly).

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  • Marrano, which is behind the Cibo Palace, near the houses of the
  • Maraniss comes from Marrano, which is a word that was given to Spanish Jews during the Inquisition, conversos.
  • A fully fledged Marrano represents as much a taxonomicl challenge to the historian as the duck-billed platypus did to a Victorian naturalist.
  • This is the prologue to the thrilling Marrano tragedy.
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