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Knes⋅set

  [knes-et]
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–noun
the unicameral parliament of Israel.
Origin:
1945–50; < ModHeb kneset, post-Biblical Heb kəneseth gathering
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Knes·set   (kněs'ět')   
n.  The unicameral parliament of Israel.

[Modern Hebrew Kneset, from Mishnaic Hebrew kəneset, assembly, from Aramaic kəništā, from kənaš, to assemble; see kms in Semitic roots.]
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Knesset [(knes-et, kuh-nes-et)]

The parliament of Israel.

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Knesset 
Israeli parliament, 1949, from Mishnaic Heb. keneseth "gathering, assembly," from stem of Heb. kanas "he gathered, assembled, collected."
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