Jewry

[ joo-ree ]

noun,plural Jew·ries.
  1. the Jewish people collectively.

  2. a district inhabited mainly by Jews; ghetto.

  1. Archaic. Judea.

Origin of Jewry

1
1175–1225; Middle English jewerie<Anglo-French juerie (Old French juierie), equivalent to juJew + -erie-ery

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British Dictionary definitions for Jewry

Jewry

/ (ˈdʒʊərɪ) /


nounplural -ries
    • Jews collectively

    • the Jewish religion or culture

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

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

  2. archaic the land of Judaea

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