foreswear+one's+faith+or+fealty

  • 1apostatize — v. n. Become an apostate, foreswear one s faith or fealty, be a traitor, etc …

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  • 2SPAIN — (in Hebrew at first אספמיא then ספרד), country in S.W. Europe. The use of the word Spain to denote Sepharad has caused some confusion in research. Spain came into being long after the Jews had been expelled from the Crowns of Castile and Aragon,… …

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