Jewry

American  

[joo-ree] / ˈdʒu ri /

noun

Jewries plural

1. the Jewish people collectively.

2. a district inhabited mainly by Jews; ghetto.

3. Archaic. Judea.

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Jewry British  

/ ˈdʒʊərɪ /

noun

1. 1. Jews collectively

   2. the Jewish religion or culture

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

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

4. archaic the land of Judaea

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Jewries
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Jewry

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Jewry Jewries

A Jew writing in German, “Kafka sees that the schlemiel loses. He sees it through to the tragic end,” as European Jewry soon would.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Alex Ryvchin, co-chair executive of Australia's peak Jewish body, the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, on Monday said Herzog's visit was warmly welcomed.

From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026

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

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

It presents many new facts on the medieval Jewries of Germany.

From The Book of Delight and Other Papers by Abrahams, Israel

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