Definition of synagogue. Meaning of synagogue. Synonyms of synagogue

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Definition of synagogue

Synagogue
Synagogue Syn"a*gogue, n. [F., from L. synagoga, Gr. ? a bringing together, an assembly, a synagogue, fr. ? to bring together; sy`n with + ? to lead. See Syn-, and Agent.] 1. A congregation or assembly of Jews met for the purpose of worship, or the performance of religious rites. 2. The building or place appropriated to the religious worship of the Jews. 3. The council of, probably, 120 members among the Jews, first appointed after the return from the Babylonish captivity; -- called also the Great Synagogue, and sometimes, though erroneously, the Sanhedrin. 4. A congregation in the early Christian church. My brethren, . . . if there come into your synagogue a man with a gold ring. --James ii. 1,2 (Rev. Ver.). 5. Any assembly of men. [Obs. or R.] --Milton.

Meaning of synagogue from wikipedia

- A synagogue, also called a shul or a temple, is a place of worship for Jews and Samaritans. It has a place for prayer (the main sanctuary and sometimes...
- Chabad-Lubavitch movement, a synagogue located at 770 Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, as construction workers, on behalf of the synagogue's leaders, attempted...
- Historic synagogues include synagogues that date back to ancient times and synagogues that represent the earliest Jewish presence in cities around the...
- Pittsburgh synagogue shooting was an antisemitic terrorist attack that took place at the Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha Congregation synagogue in the Squirrel...
- 25944 The Paradesi Synagogue aka Cochin Jewish Synagogue or the Mattancherry Synagogue (Malayalam: പരദേശി ജൂതപള്ളി) is a synagogue located in Mattancherry...
- Great Synagogue or Grand Synagogue may refer to current or former synagogues in the following countries; Great Synagogue (Oran), converted into a mosque...
- The Dohány Street Synagogue (Hungarian: Dohány utcai zsinagóga / nagy zsinagóga; Hebrew: בית הכנסת הגדול של בודפשט, Bet ha-Knesset ha-Gadol shel Budapesht)...
- The Great Synagogue (Czech: Velká synagoga) in Plzeň, Czech Republic is the second largest synagogue in Europe. A Viennese architect Max Fleischer drew...
- detail with some of the notable synagogues of Jerusalem that do not have their own page as yet. Beis Aharon Synagogue of Karlin-Stolin. In around 1870...
- to the Acts of the Apostles, the Synagogue of the Libertines (e.g. King James Version, Wycliffe's Bible) or Synagogue of the Freedmen (e.g. New King James...