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  1. Spanish marrano `pig'. a Spanish or
  2. Portuguese Jew who, during the 14th and 15th
  3. centuries, converted to Christianity to
  4. escape death or persecution at the hands of
  5. the Inquisition. Many continued to adhere
  6. secretly to Judaism and carry out Jewish
  7. rites. During the Spanish Inquisition
  8. thousands were burned at the stake as
  9. `heretics'.
  10.