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
synagogal
ˌsi-nə-ˈgä-gəl
adjective 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web More than 30 guests and members attended the event which celebrated the 22nd anniversary of the founding of the Temple in 2000 as a Reform Jewish synagogue in the heart of old Carlsbad. 
San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2022 Now, Terr and others in Las Vegas, New Mexico, a city of about 13,000 roughly an hour’s drive from Santa Fe, want to buy back Temple Montefiore, the first synagogue in the New Mexico Territory. Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2022 The Providence-Warwick area is said to have the most doughnut shops per capita, and Newport is home to the oldest standing synagogue in the country. Rachel Schnalzer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2022 Gross said Grand is seeking damages and asking a judge to find the University Heights city code that dictates what constitutes a synagogue to be ruled unconstitutional. Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2022 There was no citation for that claim, and the synagogue didn’t respond to an email seeking one. Zachary M. Seward, Quartz, 13 Sep. 2022 The accidental fortune was beyond calculation, to have been born in 1948 in placid Hampshire, not Ukraine or Poland in 1928, not to have been dragged from the synagogue steps in 1941 and brought here. Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2022 One ad notes that the shooting suspect in the 2018 Tree of Life synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh, which killed 11 people, posted to the site just before carrying out the attack. Kris Maher, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022 And in Washington state in 2018, police removed 12 guns from the home of a man who posted on social media about killing Jews in a synagogue and kids in a school. Bernard Condon, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2022 See More
San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2022 Now, Terr and others in Las Vegas, New Mexico, a city of about 13,000 roughly an hour’s drive from Santa Fe, want to buy back Temple Montefiore, the first synagogue in the New Mexico Territory. Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2022 The Providence-Warwick area is said to have the most doughnut shops per capita, and Newport is home to the oldest standing synagogue in the country. Rachel Schnalzer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2022 Gross said Grand is seeking damages and asking a judge to find the University Heights city code that dictates what constitutes a synagogue to be ruled unconstitutional. Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2022 There was no citation for that claim, and the synagogue didn’t respond to an email seeking one. Zachary M. Seward, Quartz, 13 Sep. 2022 The accidental fortune was beyond calculation, to have been born in 1948 in placid Hampshire, not Ukraine or Poland in 1928, not to have been dragged from the synagogue steps in 1941 and brought here. Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2022 One ad notes that the shooting suspect in the 2018 Tree of Life synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh, which killed 11 people, posted to the site just before carrying out the attack. Kris Maher, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022 And in Washington state in 2018, police removed 12 guns from the home of a man who posted on social media about killing Jews in a synagogue and kids in a school. Bernard Condon, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English synagoge, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin synagoga, from Greek synagōgē assembly, synagogue, from synagein to bring together, from syn- + agein to lead — more at agent
First Known Use
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
synagogue
noun
syn·a·gogue
variants also synagog
ˈsi-nə-ˌgäg
: a Jewish house of worship
synagogue
noun
variants also synagog
as in mosque
a building that is used for Jewish religious services Synonyms & Similar Words
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- mosque
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- minster
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