Jewry
Meanings
noun
- Jewish people considered collectively.
- 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.
- Judaism.
- The land of the Jews; Judea.
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Etymology
From Middle English Jewery, from Old French juerie. By surface analysis, Jew + -ry.
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