Jewry

noun

1
: the Jewish people
2
plural Jewries : a community of Jews

Examples of Jewry in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Australian government’s plan to outlaw doxxing was welcomed by the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, which represents Australia’s Jewish community. Tiffany Stanley and Rod McGuirk, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Feb. 2024 The government's plan to outlaw doxxing was welcomed by the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, which represents Australia’s Jewish community. Rod McGuirk, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2024 The government’s plan to outlaw doxxing was welcomed by the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, which represents Australia’s Jewish community. TIME, 13 Feb. 2024 The allegation, which Israel categorically denies, is laden with a particular significance in Israel, a country founded in the wake of the near wholesale destruction of European Jewry and that soon after became a haven for Jews expelled by the hundreds of thousands from Arab lands. John Eligon, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2024 Leaders of the Jewish Agency implied that the state represented world Jewry, not its citizens. Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024 However, he was reassigned to the camp the following year to oversee the mass extermination of Hungarian Jewry in an operation named after him. Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024 In this struggle between good and evil, Muslims have a religious obligation to resist Israel and global Jewry. Reuel Marc Gerecht, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2023 For more than two decades, the foundation has undertaken multifaceted efforts to solidify Israel’s relationship with American Jewry. James Linhardt, Variety, 27 Oct. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of Jewry was in the 13th century

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“Jewry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Jewry. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

Jewry

noun
Jew·​ry ˈju̇(ə)r-ē How to pronounce Jewry (audio)
ˈjü-rē
1
plural Jewries : a district in which Jews lived : ghetto
2
: the Jewish people
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