Jewry
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Jewry
- /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹi/ UK
- /ˈd͡ʒɔːɹi/ UK, also, modern
- /ˈd͡ʒuːɹi/ US
- /ˈd͡ʒʊɹi/ US
Sounds like jury (most accents) · Rhymes with -ʊəɹi, -uːɹi
Where it comes from
From Middle English Jewery, from Old French juerie. By surface analysis, Jew + -ry.
noun Jewries
- Jewish people considered collectively. Hitler attempted to murder all of European Jewry.
- The quarter of a town or city inhabited either partially or exclusively by Jews; historically, its main buildings were the synagogue, the ritual bath or mikve, the kosher-oriented butchery and bakery, etc. The Nazis who murdered Katzenelson also burned the entire Jewry of Radoshkowitz—Mane’s birthplace and burialplace in the vicinity of Vilna.
- Judaism.
- The land of the Jews; Judea. And all the londe off iewry, and they of Jerusalem went out unto hym, and were all baptised of hym in the ryver Jordan [...].
Similar: Jewdom, B'nei Yisrael, Klal Yisrael
proper noun
- A surname.
Thesaurus
noun
Similar: Jewdom, B'nei Yisrael, Klal Yisrael
Translations
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noun Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
| Español | pueblo judío, judería |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ユダヤ民族 yudaya minzoku |
| 中文 | 猶太民族 /犹太民族 yóutài mínzú |
| Português | judiaria |
| Français | judéité, judaïté, judeïté, judaïcité, juiverie |
| Deutsch | Judentum, Judenheit |
| Italiano | giudecca |
| Русский | евре́йство jevréjstvo, евре́и jevréi |
| العربية | يَهُود yahūd |
| עברית | עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל Am Yisrael |
Talk about this word "Jewry." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jewry. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Jewry. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jewry "Jewry." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jewry.Cite this
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title = {Jewry},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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