dīˈasp(ə)rə, -ˈaas- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Greek, dispersion, scattering, from diaspeirein to scatter, spread about, from dia- + speirein to sow, scatter — more at spore
1. usually capitalized
a. : the settling of scattered colonies of Jews outside Palestine after the Babylonian exile
b. : the area outside Palestine settled by Jews
in Israel or in the Diaspora
c. : the Jews living outside Palestine or modern Israel
d. : the state of the Jews living scattered in the Gentile world
2. : a dispersion (as of people of a common national origin or of common beliefs) : spread (as of a national culture) : exile , scattering , migration
3. : the people of one country dispersed into other countries
certain sections of the Armenian diaspora scattered over the world could be attracted — Walter Kolarz
4. : the dispersion of Christians isolated from their own communion