Jewry

[ joo-ree ]

/ ˈdʒu ri /

noun, plural Jew·ries.

the Jewish people collectively.

a district inhabited mainly by Jews; ghetto.

Archaic. Judea.

Origin of Jewry

1175–1225; Middle English jewerie < Anglo-French juerie (Old French juierie), equivalent to ju Jew + -erie -ery

Can be confusedjewelry Jewry jury

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Examples from the Web for jewry

There are clear religious and ideological differences both within U.S. Jewry and within Israel; how can these gaps be bridged?
Pew Survey Raises More Questions About American Jewry|Brent E. Sasley|October 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Would liberals (not to mention what's left of Jewry) in Italy argue that the petitioners furthered "pluralism"?
Women: Talk To The Wall|Bernard Avishai|June 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The rest left for France or “abroad,” he says, a Tunisian Jewry code word to avoid association with Israel.
The Last Jews of Tunisia|Paul Rosenfeld, Noah Rayman|March 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“We are not like other countries,” he said, something Australian Jewry has been acutely grappling with for a week now.
Prisoner X Raises Tough Questions For Australian Jewry|Nomi Blum|February 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST

And of course he is saying to right-wing American Jewry: Write those checks.
Romney's Shallow Speech|Michael Tomasky|October 8, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Little wonder if the Priory and Jewry were soon at deadly feud.
Oxford and its Story|Cecil Headlam
On the other hand, most of the towns of France and of Europe had their Jewry.
Manners, Custom and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period|Paul Lacroix
Montfort himself did not disdain to share in the spoils of the Jewry, though he soon turned to nobler work.
The History of England|T.F. Tout
For their sake some of the material benefits of modern knowledge should be brought to Jewry in Marrakesh.
Morocco|S.L. Bensusan
The result of all these persecutions was the complete economic collapse of Russian Jewry.
History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Vol. 3 of 3.|S. M. Dubnow

British Dictionary definitions for jewry

Jewry

/ (ˈdʒʊərɪ) /

noun plural -ries

Jews collectively
the Jewish religion or culture

archaic (sometimes found in street names in England) a quarter of a town inhabited by Jews

the Jewry (in some anti-semitic literature) the Jews conceived of as an organized force seeking world domination

archaic the land of Judaea

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Word Origin and History for jewry

Jewry

c.1200, Jeuerie "ghetto, the Jewish district in a town," from Anglo-French Juerie, Old French Juierie (13c.; Modern French Juiverie); see Jew + -ery. Early 14c. as "Jews collectively;" mid-14c. as "the land of the Jews, Judea."