Jewry
noun/ˈdʒʊəri/
/ˈdʒʊri/, /ˈdʒuːri/
[uncountable] (formal)- Jewish people as a group
- British Jewry
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French juierie, from juiu, via Latin from Greek Ioudaios, via Aramaic from Hebrew yěhūd̲ī, from yěhūd̲āh ‘Judah’.Definitions on the go
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