synagogue
noun
syn·a·gogue
ˈsi-nə-ˌgäg 
variants
or less commonly synagog
1
: a Jewish congregation
2
: the house of worship and communal center of a Jewish congregation
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The housing proposals were drawn up by People Acting for Community Together, or PACT, a nonprofit interfaith group made up of some 40 churches, synagogues and mosques in Miami-Dade that advocates for solutions to some of the county’s most pressing social issues.
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Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025
Also known as the Great Synagogue and said to be the largest in Europe, the building has room for some 3,000 worshippers and contains a number of unusual features, including a massive pipe organ that is technically located outside the synagogue walls.
—Evan Rail, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Related article Rabbi: The shooter at my Pittsburgh synagogue has been sentenced to death.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
Historically women have been the ones who keep houses worship running, so the narrowing of that gap raises the question of whether these younger men will step in and do that daily work in churches and mosques and synagogues.
—Jason Derose, NPR, 26 Feb. 2025
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Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025
Also known as the Great Synagogue and said to be the largest in Europe, the building has room for some 3,000 worshippers and contains a number of unusual features, including a massive pipe organ that is technically located outside the synagogue walls.
—Evan Rail, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Related article Rabbi: The shooter at my Pittsburgh synagogue has been sentenced to death.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
Historically women have been the ones who keep houses worship running, so the narrowing of that gap raises the question of whether these younger men will step in and do that daily work in churches and mosques and synagogues.
—Jason Derose, NPR, 26 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for synagogue
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“Synagogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/synagogue. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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synagogue
noun
syn·a·gogue
variants
also synagog
1
: a Jewish congregation
2
: the house of worship of a Jewish congregation
Etymology
Middle English synagoge "a Jewish congregation," from early French synagoge (same meaning), from Latin synagoga (same meaning), from Greek synagōgē "synagogue, assembly," from synagein "to bring together," from syn- "together with" and agein "to lead" — related to synonymous
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