Bible Dictionaries
Dispersion
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities.
(2):
(n.) The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained their rites and ceremonies; a great dispersion of the human family took place at the building of Babel.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Dispersion'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/dispersion.html. 1828.