synagogue
nounUK /ˈsɪnəɡɒɡ/ · US /ˈsɪnəˌɡɑɡ/
Etymology Inherited from Middle English synagoge, from Old French synagoge, from Latin synagōga, from Ancient Greek σῠνᾰγωγή (sŭnăgōgḗ, “assembly, gathering”), from συνάγω (sunágō, “to gather together”), from σῠ́ν (sŭ́n, “with, together”) & ᾰ̓́γω (ắgō, “to lead”). By surface analysis, syn- + -agogue.
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Judaism A place of worship for Jews.
- On Tuesday, Netanyahu and his wife toured Shanghai’s Ohel Moshe synagogue in the Hongkou district that was home to many of the 18,000 Jews granted refuge in Shanghai from the horrors of Nazi persecution.2013 May 7, “Netanyahu: Jewish people capable of own defense”, in AP News, archived from the original on 25 May 2022:
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Judaism A congregation of Jews for the purpose of worship or religious study.
- But when they come hither, and ſee a Tympany of Spanioliz’d Biſhops ſwaggering in the fore-top of the State, and meddling to turn and dandle the Royal Ball with unskilful and Pedantick Palms, no marvel though they think it as unſafe to commit Religion and Liberty to their arbitrating as to a Synagogue of Jeſuits.1698, John Milton, A Complete Collection of the Hiſtorical, Political, and Miſcellaneous Works of John Milton, volume I, Amsterdam, page 267:
- It is in this period that some Christian authors even refer to the “Synagogue of … Muhammad,” demonstrating the extent to which they perceive non-Christian groups as one and the same.¹¹¹2024, Şener Aktürk, “Not So Innocent: Clerics, Monarchs, and the Ethnoreligious Cleansing of Western Europe”, in International Security, volume 48, number 8, page 106:
- Derived terms
- archisynagogue, cybersynagogue, mega-synagogue, synagogal, synagogical, synagogue-goer, synagoguegoer, synagogue-going, synagoguelike, Synagogue of Satan, unsynagogued