Word Frequency
Jewry (ˈdʒʊərɪ
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Definitions
noun
(plural) -ries-
- Jews collectively
- the Jewish religion or culture
- (archaic) (sometimes found in street names in England) a quarter of a town inhabited by Jews
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See the Jewry
- (archaic) the land of Judaea
Example Sentences Including 'Jewry'
According to the controversial thesis by Bernard Wasserstein, European Jewry is a remnant of a vanishing diaspora.Irish Times (2002)
At its core lies the question of Eichmann's precise role in the Nazi destruction of European Jewry.The Australian (2004)
Bringing Blair's Third Way to orthodox Jewry ; Theology; BooksTimes, Sunday Times (2002)
But the unity bred in us in the home, generation after generation, is still going strong and so it was for Jewry itself.Out of the Ashes
French hatred of Jews was also animated by the conviction that Jewry sought to dominate world affairs.The Crucified Jew
The Claims Conference was created to represent world Jewry in these negotiations.Times, Sunday Times (2002)
`But for German Jewry there is of course an added dimension," said the boy who had brought the coffee.Out of the Ashes
`I am aware that to the rest of Jewry our community it is an enigma.Out of the Ashes
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