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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Kristallnacht translates as Night of Broken Glass, a reference to the thousands of shops, businesses and synagogues destroyed by the Nazis across the two nights in November 1938.
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
The last thing the state needs is to abort its children, sterilize its youth, and shutter its churches, synagogues, and religious schools.
—The Editors, National Review, 4 Nov. 2024
Chicago authorities filed hate crime and terrorist charges against a suspect accused of shooting a Jewish man walking to synagogue and then opening fire on police and medical emergency responders.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
This event marks the 1938 November night during which members of the Nazi party raided, destroyed and burned Jewish businesses and synagogues throughout Germany and Austria, killing more than 90 Jewish people.
—Brian Gioiele, Connecticut Post, 1 Nov. 2024
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
The last thing the state needs is to abort its children, sterilize its youth, and shutter its churches, synagogues, and religious schools.
—The Editors, National Review, 4 Nov. 2024
Chicago authorities filed hate crime and terrorist charges against a suspect accused of shooting a Jewish man walking to synagogue and then opening fire on police and medical emergency responders.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
This event marks the 1938 November night during which members of the Nazi party raided, destroyed and burned Jewish businesses and synagogues throughout Germany and Austria, killing more than 90 Jewish people.
—Brian Gioiele, Connecticut Post, 1 Nov. 2024
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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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