English

Noun

Jewry ‎(plural Jewries)

1. The Jewish population of the world collectively; the Jewish population of a locale. [from 14th c.]

   Hitler attempted to murder all of European Jewry.

   • 1989, Geoffrey Alderman, London Jewry and London Politics, 1889-1986
2. (obsolete) The land of the Jews; Judea. [14th-17th c.]
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark I:

     And all the londe off iewry, and they of Jerusalem went out unto hym, and were all baptised of hym in the ryver Jordan [...].

   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.27:

     Josephus reporteth, that whilst the Romane warres continued in Jurie, passing by a place where certain Jewes had been crucified three dayes before, he knew thre of his friends amongst them […].

   • 1833, W. B. Sandys (ed.), "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen" in Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern, p. 102.

     In Bethlehem, in Jury / This blessed babe was born

Synonyms

• Jewdom

Translations

See also

• Jew
• kike
• ghetto
• Judaism