— Ashkenazic , adj.
/ahsh'keuh nah"zim/ , n.pl., sing. Ashkenazi /-nah"zee/ .
Jews of central and eastern Europe, or their descendants, distinguished from the Sephardim chiefly by their liturgy, religious customs, and pronunciation of Hebrew.
[ 1830-40;
ashkanazzim, pl. of ASHKANAZZI, equiv. to ashkanaz ASHKENAZ + -i suffix of appurtenance ]