mega-synagogue

noun

mega-synagogue

noun

Etymology From mega- + synagogue.

1

Judaism, Rare An unusually large synagogue.

  • He wanted His prophet to think bigger than reaching one or two, bigger than a Torah study group, bigger even than a mega-synagogue.1996, Daniel Lupton, I Like Church, But…, Destiny Image Publishers, →ISBN, page 30:
  • On the Upper West Side of Manhattan, there is a mega-synagogue called B’nai Jeshurun, known as “BJ” to its members.2021, Amanda Ripley, chapter 7, in High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out, New York: Sim & Schuster Paperbacks, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 237:
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Great Synagogue

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