Definition of Knesseth

1. Noun. The Israeli unicameral parliament.

Exact synonyms: Knesset
Generic synonyms: Parliament

Lexicographical Neighbors of Knesseth

Kluxer
Klymenê
Klyuchevskaya
Km
Km allotypes
Km antigen
Knaggs
Knaggses
Knapp
Knapp's streaks
Knapp's striae
Knaus
Knemidokoptes
Knesset
Knesseth
Knicks
Kniest
Kniest syndrome
Knight
Knight Bachelor
Knight Batchelor
Knight Templar
Knight of the Round Table
Knightheads
Knightia
Knights Bachelor
Knights Batchelor
Knights Templar
Kniphofia praecox

Literary usage of Knesseth

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of Zionism, 1600-1918 by Nahum Sokolow (1919)
"He contributed to He'assif and knesseth Israel. ... editor of the year-book knesseth Israel, one of the editors of the first volume of the Hebrew ..."

2. The Jews of Iowa: A Complete History and Accurate Account of Their Religious by Simon Glazer (1904)
"... organized a congregation and named it knesseth Israel. (1894) At the lapse of a few years their number increased so that they could count twenty males ..."

3. Jewish Education in New York City by Alexander Mordecai Dushkin (1918)
"It makes clear the conception that the Congregation of Israel (knesseth Israel) in its largest sense, is synonymous with the Community of Israel ..."

4. The Jewish Communal Register of New York City, 1917-1918 by Jewish Community of New York City, Samuel Margoshes (1918)
"Ind. knesseth Israel (55 Hester St.), since 1914. Terra 1 year. Born 1860 In Russia. Came to US 1890. Received general Jewish education. ..."

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