Definition of Synagogue

Synagogue

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

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

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.

A congregation in the early Christian church.

Any assembly of men.

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Synagogue Quotations

The style of God venerated in the church, mosque, or synagogue seems completely different from the style of the natural universe.
Alan Watts

The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make - not just on your wedding day, but over and over again - and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband or wife.
Barbara de Angelis

My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of the Day of Atonement ended, she shot from the synagogue like a rocket to dance the Charleston.
Lionel Blue

Although I myself don't go to church or synagogue, I do, whether it's superstition or whatever, pray every time I get on a plane. I just automatically do it. I say the same thing every time.
Barbara Walters

In the past, children learned their values at home, reinforced by organizations such as the Boy Scouts and, of course, their church or synagogue, but in all too many families that is no longer the case.
Paul Weyrich

My mother was very agnostic. She would never set foot in the synagogue, she couldn't be doing with it.
Janet Suzman

I spent a lot of time in churches. If you go to a synagogue, someone is always asking if you're alone, if you're married. In a church, in a hundred years no one would ask.
Peter Malkin

One positive command he gave us: You shall love and honor your emperor. In every congregation a prayer must be said for the czar's health, or the chief of police would close the synagogue.
Mary Antin

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Synagogue Translations

synagogue in Dutch is synagoge, jodenkerk
synagogue in French is synagogue
synagogue in German is Synagoge
synagogue in Latin is synagoga
synagogue in Spanish is sinagoga
synagogue in Swedish is synagoga

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