Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The Jewish people.
- noun A section of a medieval city inhabited by Jews; a ghetto.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The land of the Jews; Judæa.
- noun A part of a city inhabited by Jews (whence the name of a street in London).
- noun The Jewish people.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Judea; also, a district inhabited by Jews; a Jews' quarter.
- noun Jewish people, collectively.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun Jews collectively
Etymologies
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Examples
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Buchverlag Erwin Löwe, Berlin 1937, page 272) "But in the meaning in which the term Jewry is understood by us, it is disappearing in Russia.
Wake Up From Your Slumber - The Truth Will Set You Free 2008
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Some people have wondered over the past three days where progressive Jewry is at.
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The Health Corps will cleanse the virus of Jewry from the body politic.
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For several decades, Jewish leaders have warned of a demographic crisis in American Jewry caused by low fertility rates and intermarriage rates that hover around 50 percent.
International Adoptions Changing Face Of U.S. Judaism Josh Fleet 2010
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The Health Corps will cleanse the virus of Jewry from the body politic.
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Global Jewry is trying to prepare the ground for a strong currency.
The world economic crisis is all the fault of the jews - but of course Not a sheep 2008
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She has published widely on Latin American Jewry, and has been a longtime editor of the journal Latin American Jewish Studies.
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For several decades, Jewish leaders have warned of a demographic crisis in American Jewry caused by low fertility rates and intermarriage rates that hover around 50 percent.
International Adoptions Changing Face Of U.S. Judaism Josh Fleet 2010
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Global Jewry is trying to prepare the ground for a strong currency.
Archive 2008-11-01 Not a sheep 2008
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For several decades, Jewish leaders have warned of a demographic crisis in American Jewry caused by low fertility rates and intermarriage rates that hover around 50 percent.
International Adoptions Changing Face Of U.S. Judaism Josh Fleet 2010
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