ˈju̇rē, ˈjürē, -ri noun
( -es )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Middle English Gywerie, Jewerie, Jewrie, from Old French juierie, juiverie, from gyu, jeu, jué, juif Jew + -erie -ery — more at jew
1. : a quarter or district of a city or town inhabited by Jews : ghetto
2. archaic : the land of Judea
let me have a child … to whom Herod of Jewry may do homage — Shakespeare
3.
a. : the part of the population of a country that adheres to Judaism
the titular head of Scotch Jewry was both a classical scholar and a Hebraist — Maurice Samuel
b. : the world Jewish community
the recognition of Israel as the focus of Jewish civilization, the cultural center of the world Jewry — Reconstructionist