Jewry

[joo-ree]

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

Contemporary Examples of 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
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
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
“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
And of course he is saying to right-wing American Jewry: Write those checks.
Romney's Shallow Speech
Michael Tomasky
October 8, 2011

Historical Examples of jewry

None had the effect of upsetting the theological equilibrium of Jewry.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy
Isaac Husik
Little wonder if the Priory and Jewry were soon at deadly feud.
Oxford and its Story
Cecil Headlam
Jewry is absorbed in contemplation of its great, unparalleled past.
Jewish History
S. M. Dubnow
It is a peculiar view, which is paralleled among French Jewry also.
A Jewish Chaplain in France
Lee J. Levinger
The western world is ignorant of the strength of Jewry in Poland.
The Vultures
Henry Seton Merriman

British Dictionary definitions for jewry

Jewry

noun plural -ries

1. Jews collectively
2. 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."