Definition of: Sephardim

(si·fär′dim) noun plural
The Spanish and Portuguese Jews or their descendants: distinguished from the Ashkenazim. Also Se·phar′a·dim (-ə·dim). [<Hebrew sephārādhīm <Sephāradh, a country mentioned in Ob. iii 20, identified by the rabbis with Spain, but prob. orig. in Asia Minor]
—Se·phar′dic, Se·phar′a·dic adjective