Jewry
Jewish people considered collectivelyJewish people considered collectively.
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4 senses(countable, uncountable)Jewish people considered collectively.
Hitler attempted to murder all of European Jewry.
Judentum, Judenheit
евре́йствоjevréjstvo, евре́иjevréi
євре́йствоjevréjstvo, євре́їjevréji
Jews collectively
(countable, historical, uncountable)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.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Judaism.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The land of the Jews; Judea.
Examples
3 sentencesDoes Netanyahu really represent all of world Jewry?
Netanyahu claims that he represents all of world Jewry.
Budapest Jewry in the prewar era was very assimilated.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English Jewery, from Old French juerie. By surface analysis, Jew + -ry.From Middle English Jewery, from Old French juerie. By surface analysis, Jew + -ry.
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Forms
plural: JewriesSynonyms
3 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.