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synagogue

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syn·a·gogue also syn·a·gog  (sn-gg, -gôg)
n.
1. A building or place of meeting for worship and religious instruction in the Jewish faith.
2. A congregation of Jews for the purpose of worship or religious study.
3. The Jewish religion as organized or typified in local congregations.

[Middle English, from Old French sinagoge, from Late Latin synagga, from Greek sunagg, assembly, synagogue, from sunagein, to bring together : sun-, syn- + agein, to lead; see ag- in Indo-European roots.]

syna·gogi·cal (-gj-kl), syna·gogal (-ggl, -gôg-) adj.

synagogue
Noun
a building for Jewish religious services and religious instruction [Greek sunagōgē a gathering]

Synagogue an assembly; a congregation of Jews, 1175; of Rome, 1674; of Satan, 1565.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.synagoguesynagogue - (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
house of God, house of prayer, house of worship, place of worship - any building where congregations gather for prayer
Judaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud
Translations
synagogue [ˈsɪnəgɔg] nsinagoga

synagogue [ˈsɪnəgɔg] nsynagogue f

synagogue [ˈsɪnəgɔg] nSynagoge f

synagogue [ˈsɪnəgɔg] nsinagoga

synagogue
n synagogue [ˈsinəgog]
(the building used by) a gathering of Jews meeting together for worship. sinagoge كَنيس، مَكان الصّلاه عِند اليَهود синагога synagóga synagoge die Synagoge συναγωγή sinagoga sünagoog كنشت يهوديان synagoga synagogue בֵּית כְּנֶסֶת यहूदी लोगों का प्रार्थनास्थल sinagoga zsinagóga sinagog samkunduhús, sÿnagóga sinagoga ユダヤ教会 유대 교회당; 유대 교도의 집단[집회] sinagoga sinagoga synagogue synagoge synagoge synagoga sinagoga sina­gogă синагога synagóga sinagoga sinagoga synagoga โบสถ์ของศาสนายิว havra, sinagog 猶太教堂, 猶太人集會 синагога یہودیوں کا مجمع براءے عبادت hội đạo Do thái 教堂,


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After prayers the Synagogue shortly took the semblance of a writing school.
I'll make the hinds know they must share the high places of the synagogue with those whom the synagogue properly belongs to.
I thought with a sense of relief, as we entered the Jews' quarter, where we were to visit the old synagogue, that we should be kept in this flat, shut-up part of the city, until we should all be too tired and too warm to go farther, and so we should return without seeing more than the streets through which we had already passed.
 
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