- crypto-Jew
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cryp·to-Jew (krĭpʹtō-jo͞o')
n.
A member of a Jewish community forced to convert to another religion and outwardly embracing it while secretly maintaining Jewish practices.
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Universalium. 2010.
crypto-Jew
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