variants
also synagog
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of synagogue
Our partners, mostly synagogues, are already engaged with issues like homelessness, mass incarceration, drug abuse, human trafficking—and the foster experience is the number one feeder into all those problems.
—
Ashoka, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Built in 1875, this Gothic stone building was first an Episcopal church and, later, a synagogue before being remodeled as a residence in 2005.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2025
Similar mergers of synagogues in Wellington and Boynton Beach took place the following year.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 5 May 2025
In the first of thirteen live, three-hour shows (with Nelle sitting in the studio audience), the thirty-five-year-old Reagan, accompanied by four Black actors, dramatically reenacted Klan cross-burnings, beatings and shootings, and the desecration of synagogues.
—Richard D. Mahoney, JSTOR Daily, 30 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for synagogue
Ashoka, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Built in 1875, this Gothic stone building was first an Episcopal church and, later, a synagogue before being remodeled as a residence in 2005.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2025
Similar mergers of synagogues in Wellington and Boynton Beach took place the following year.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 5 May 2025
In the first of thirteen live, three-hour shows (with Nelle sitting in the studio audience), the thirty-five-year-old Reagan, accompanied by four Black actors, dramatically reenacted Klan cross-burnings, beatings and shootings, and the desecration of synagogues.
—Richard D. Mahoney, JSTOR Daily, 30 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for synagogue
Recent Examples of Synonyms for synagogue
Noun
-
In light of recent earthquakes in Turkey, experts fear the 1,500-year-old mosque is structurally vulnerable, and the Turkish government has ordered a renovation.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
-
On one corner, there’s a 500-year-old mosque, and on another, a Jon & Vinny’s and Randy’s Donuts straight outta LA.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
27 May 2025
Noun
-
Halfway across the city, around the time that Stein was expelled from religious shul in Brooklyn, Weinstein was struggling with his own trans identity, living on the Upper West Side among a dynastic family of his own.—
Leah Abrams,
Them.,
17 Apr. 2025
-
His synagogue, which meets at the Maimonides School—a Modern Orthodox day school—was one of seven Orthodox shuls that were a part of the Oct. 6 siyum.—
Emily Goldberg,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Oct. 2024
Noun
-
There was not, however, much to see beyond the screen, the camera, the button and a USB-C port at the bottom of the left temple.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
22 May 2025
-
The Connaught According to Ferreira, The Connaught is the temple.—
Rachel Dube,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
Noun
-
The Chinese influence is rooted in the pagoda turret on the front corner, which was added in 1937 and inspired by the building’s Chinese tenants.—
Nick Rosenberger,
Idaho Statesman,
2 Apr. 2025
-
Inspired by the Iwo Jima Memorial near Arlington National Cemetery, the monument depicts five Vietnamese soldiers raising a flag with the Quang Tri citadel wall and a pagoda serving as a backdrop.—
Heather McRea,
Orange County Register,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
-
Miller also noted that the original tabernacle of the church survived, along with 17th-century lead coffins that visitors can view under a glass floor.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2025
-
The Blessed Sacrament Chapel’s tabernacle is supported by three legs, symbolizing the Holy Trinity.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Synagogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synagogue. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share