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121passport — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pass; safe conduct. See permission, instrumentality. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. identification, pass, license, permit, safe conduct, visa, travel permit, authorization, warrant, papers, credentials; see… …
122Hungary — Estimated Gypsy population: 750,000. Gypsies may have reached Hungary by 1316, but the first certain reference to Gypsies refers to musicians who played on the island of Czepel for Queen Beatrice in 1489. However, others certainly passed… …
123safeguard — I. n. 1. Defence, protection, security. 2. Convoy, escort, safe conduct, guard. 3. Pass, passport, safe conduct. II. v. a. Guard, protect …
124passport — [pas′pôrt΄] n. [Fr passeport, safe conduct, orig., permission to leave or enter a port < passer,PASS2 + port,PORT1] 1. a government document issued to a citizen for travel abroad, subject to visa requirements, certifying identity and… …
125DUBROVNIK — (Ragusa), port in S. Dalmatia, Croatia; oligarchic maritime city state, autonomous until 1808, mainly under Venetian or Turkish protectorate. Jewish merchants from Durazzo (Albania) are mentioned in Ragusan archives in 1368. French Jews living in …
126EZRA AND NEHEMIAH, BOOKS OF — EZRA AND NEHEMIAH, BOOKS OF, two books in the Hagiographa (i.e., the Book of Ezra and the Book of Nehemiah), which were originally a single work. The Masoretic tradition regarded the books of Ezra and Nehemiah as one book and referred to it as… …
127NORWAY — NORWAY, kingdom in N. Europe. Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, when Norway and denmark were united, most general regulations concerning the Jews of Denmark also applied in Norway. However, according to the Norwegian Legal Code promulgated… …
128SCHUTZJUDEN — (Ger. protected Jews ), Jews who held letters of protection. In the Holy Roman Empire, from 1236 on, Jews were considered serfs of the chamber (servi camerae regis ), a special class of the population protected and taxed by the emperor. Later the …
