Synagogue

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1. Noun

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

2. Noun

The building or place appropriated to the religious worship of the Jews.

3. Noun

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. Noun

A congregation in the early Christian church.

5. Noun

Any assembly of men.

6. Noun

(Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
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