Jewry

§English

§Etymology

From Anglo-Norman juerie.

§Noun

Jewry (plural Jewries)

1. (obsolete) The land of the Jews; Judea. [14th-17th c.]
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark I:

     And all the londe off iewry, and they of Jerusalem went out unto hym, and were all baptised of hym in the ryver Jordan [...].

   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.27:

     Josephus reporteth, that whilst the Romane warres continued in Jurie, passing by a place where certain Jewes had been crucified three dayes before, he knew thre of his friends amongst them […].

2. Jews in general; the Jewish population of a locale. [from 14th c.]

§Synonyms

• Jewdom

§Translations

the land of Jews (obsolete) — see Judea

Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale

• Belarusian: яўрэйства n (jaŭréjstva), габрэйства n (habréjstva)
• Catalan: jueria f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 猶太民族, 犹太民族 (Yóutài mínzú)

• Czech: Židovstvo n
• Estonian: juudid pl
• Finnish: juutalaiset pl
• French: judéité (fr) f, judaïté (fr) f, judeïté f, judaïcité (fr) f

• German: Judentum (de) n
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: zsidóság (hu)
• Japanese: ユダヤ民族 (Yudaya minzoku)
• Lithuanian: žydija f (usually implies negative connotation)
• Portuguese: judiaria (pt) f
• Russian: еврейство (ru) n (jevréjstvo), евреи (ru) m pl (jevréi)
• Ukrainian: єврейство n (jevréjstvo), євреї m pl (jevréji)
• Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

§See also

• Jew
• kike
• ghetto
• Judaism