Jewry
Americannoun
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the Jewish people collectively.
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a district inhabited mainly by Jews; ghetto.
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Archaic. Judea.
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Jews collectively
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the Jewish religion or culture
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archaic (sometimes found in street names in England) a quarter of a town inhabited by Jews
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(in some anti-semitic literature) the Jews conceived of as an organized force seeking world domination
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archaic the land of Judaea
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Etymology
Origin of Jewry
1175–1225; Middle English jewerie < Anglo-French juerie ( Old French juierie ), equivalent to ju Jew + -erie -ery
Example Sentences
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Ms. Ziegelman pores over the pages of many memory books—for Luboml as well as other similarly fated towns—to bring back to life the vanished world of Eastern European Jewry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
For weeks, Mamdani has been meeting with constituents and leaders from every sector of New York Jewry to alleviate their concerns about his support for their safety and wellbeing.
From Slate ● Jan. 1, 2026
"Anyone who knew him knew that he was the very best of us," said Alex Ryvchin from the Executive Council of Australian Jewry.
From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025
"He was the most godly, humane, kind, gracious human being I think I've ever met," Alex Ryvchin of the Executive Council of Australia Jewry, told reporters at Bondi on Monday morning.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025
He let it go at that, and went back to talking about the destruction of European Jewry.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
Thereat arose a new and stranger commotion throughout all the Ghettos, Jewries, and Mellahs.
From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel
The settlement of one of the wealthiest among the English Jewries in the very heart of the town indicated, while it promoted, the activity of its trade.
From History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 by Green, John Richard
Jewish traders had followed William the Conqueror from Normandy, and had been enabled by his protection to establish themselves in separate quarters or "Jewries" in all larger English towns.
From History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 by Green, John Richard
Finally, Rashi's influence was not confined either within the walls of the Jewries or within the frontiers of France, but it radiated to foreign lands and to ecclesiastical circles.
From Rashi by Szold, Adele
They were established, as they had been elsewhere in Europe, in separate "Jewries," or places kept apart for them in every city.
From The Story of Rouen by Cook, Theodore Andrea, Sir
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