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synagogue

  • noun
  • syn·a·gogue
  • /ˈsɪnəɡɒɡ/

A place of worship for Jews.

Other meanings

  1. A congregation of Jews for the purpose of worship or religious study.

  2. Any assembly of folk.

Synonyms

  • temple

A kind of

  • place of worship

Related words

  • cybersynagogue
  • synagoguegoer
  • synagoguelike
  • unsynagogued
  • archisynagogue
  • mega-synagogue
  • synagogal
  • synagogical
  • synagogue-goer
  • synagogue-going
  • Synagogue of Satan

Example sentences

  • “There used to be a synagogue here.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Ancient Greek "σῠνᾰγωγή" (assembly, gathering).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “synagogue” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.