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Definition of Synagogue

1. Noun. (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation.

Definition of Synagogue

1. n. A congregation or assembly of Jews met for the purpose of worship, or the performance of religious rites.

Definition of Synagogue

1. Noun. A place where Jews meet for worship. ¹

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Synagogue

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Synagogue

Literary usage of Synagogue

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

1. The Englishman's Greek Concordance of the New Testament: Being an Attempt at by George V. Wigram (1870)
"17.disputed he in the synagogue 18: 4. And he reasoned in the synagogue 7. whose ... 19. he himself entered into the synagogue, 26.to speak boldly in the ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Often, too, the synagogue was erected close to the tombs of famous rabbis ... At Tiberias he visited the synagogue ascribed to Joshua, at Damascus the one ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"In Egypt, with nearly a million of Jews, according to Philo, the famous synagogue at Alexandria was one of the wonders of its century. ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Obscurity enshrouds the first beginnings of the synagogue. ... From the outset of Christianity the synagogue was in full power of its various functions; ..."

5. The US Virgin Islands Alive! by Harriet Greenberg, Douglas Greenberg (2006)
"It was founded in 1796 and is the second-oldest synagogue in the Caribbean ... Since some of the earliest Danish settlers were Jewish, the synagogue played ..."

6. The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Alfred Edersheim (1883)
"CHAPTER X. THE synagogue AT NAZARETH — synagogue-WORSHIP AND ... Perhaps the Sabbath ' ~~ of the same week already found Jesus in the synagogue of Nazareth. ..."

7. American Jewish Year Book by American Jewish Committee, Jewish Publication Society of America (1912)
"synagogue Anshe Poland, Cincinnati, 0. 10. synagogue Beth Israel Emeth, Brooklyn, ... 22. Temple Society of Concord, Syracuse, NY 24. synagogue Anshe ..."

8. The Englishman's Greek Concordance of the New Testament: Being an Attempt at by George V. Wigram (1870)
"17.disputed he in the synagogue 18: 4. And he reasoned in the synagogue 7. whose ... 19. he himself entered into the synagogue, 26.to speak boldly in the ..."

9. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Often, too, the synagogue was erected close to the tombs of famous rabbis ... At Tiberias he visited the synagogue ascribed to Joshua, at Damascus the one ..."

10. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"In Egypt, with nearly a million of Jews, according to Philo, the famous synagogue at Alexandria was one of the wonders of its century. ..."

11. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Obscurity enshrouds the first beginnings of the synagogue. ... From the outset of Christianity the synagogue was in full power of its various functions; ..."

12. The US Virgin Islands Alive! by Harriet Greenberg, Douglas Greenberg (2006)
"It was founded in 1796 and is the second-oldest synagogue in the Caribbean ... Since some of the earliest Danish settlers were Jewish, the synagogue played ..."

13. The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Alfred Edersheim (1883)
"CHAPTER X. THE synagogue AT NAZARETH — synagogue-WORSHIP AND ... Perhaps the Sabbath ' ~~ of the same week already found Jesus in the synagogue of Nazareth. ..."

14. American Jewish Year Book by American Jewish Committee, Jewish Publication Society of America (1912)
"synagogue Anshe Poland, Cincinnati, 0. 10. synagogue Beth Israel Emeth, Brooklyn, ... 22. Temple Society of Concord, Syracuse, NY 24. synagogue Anshe ..."

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