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Jewry
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Jew·ry  (jr)
n.
1. The Jewish people.
2. A section of a medieval city inhabited by Jews; a ghetto.

Jewry [ˈdʒʊərɪ]
n pl -ries
1. (Non-Christian Religions / Judaism)
a.  Jews collectively
b.  the Jewish religion or culture
2. (Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) Archaic (sometimes found in street names in England) a quarter of a town inhabited by Jews
3. the. (in some anti-semitic literature) the Jews conceived of as an organized force seeking world domination
4. (Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) Archaic the land of Judaea

Jewry
1. the Jewish people collectively.
2. an area inhabited solely or mostly by Jews.
See also: Judaism
Jewry Jews collectively, 1330.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Jewry - Jews collectively
social group - people sharing some social relation
Hebraism, Jewish religion, Judaism - Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud
Jew, Hebrew, Israelite - a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
Translations
Jewry [ˈdʒʊərɪ] Njudería f, los judíos
Jewry [ˈdʒʊəri] nla communauté juive
Jewry
ndie Juden pl, → das jüdische Volk
Jewry [ˈdʒuərɪ] n (frm) → il popolo ebraico, gli ebrei, la comunità ebraica
Jewry [ˈdʒuərɪ] n (frm) → il popolo ebraico, gli ebrei, la comunità ebraica


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Horowitz embeds the statutes of this confraternity within a detailed history of local Jewries and links both to the broader themes of social and cultural history.
Sander Gilman, "Introduction," in Jewries at the Frontier: Accommodation, Identity, Conflict, ed.
 
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