organized killing of minority: a planned campaign of persecution or extermination sanctioned by a government and directed against an ethnic group, esp. Jews in tsarist Russia
genocide
systematic killing of all the people from a national, ethnic, or religious group
gentile
non-Jewish person
diaspora
a dispersion of a people, language, or culture that was formerly concentrated in one place
scapegoat
somebody who is made to take the blame for others
Catholica
means universal
Era of enlightenment
age of "reason" and commerce
revolution
overthrow of government (dramatic change in ideas, etc.)
