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synagogal

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syn⋅a⋅gogue

  [sin-uh-gog, -gawg]
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–noun
1. a Jewish house of worship, often having facilities for religious instruction.
2. an assembly or congregation of Jews for the purpose of religious worship.
3. the Jewish religion; Judaism.
Also, syn⋅a⋅gog.

Origin:
1125–75; ME synagoge < LL synagōga < Gk synagōg assembly, meeting, equiv. to syn- syn- + agōg, n. use of fem. of agōgós (adj.) gathering, deriv. of ágein to bring, lead; akin to L agere to drive

Related forms:
syn⋅a⋅gog⋅i⋅cal  [sin-uh-goj-i-kuhl] , syn⋅a⋅gog⋅al  [sin-uh-gog-uhl, -gaw-guhl] , adjective
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syn·a·gogue also syn·a·gog   (sĭn'ə-gŏg', -gôg')   
n.  

  1. A building or place of meeting for worship and religious instruction in the Jewish faith.

  2. A congregation of Jews for the purpose of worship or religious study.

  3. The Jewish religion as organized or typified in local congregations.


[Middle English, from Old French sinagoge, from Late Latin synagōga, from Greek sunagōgē, assembly, synagogue, from sunagein, to bring together : sun-, syn- + agein, to lead; see ag- in Indo-European roots.]
syn'a·gog'i·cal (-gŏj'ĭ-kəl), syn'a·gog'al (-gŏg'əl, -gôg'-) adj.
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Cultural Dictionary

synagogue [(sin-uh-gog)]

In Judaism, a house of worship and learning; also, the congregation that meets there.

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Word Origin & History

synagogue 
c.1175, from O.Fr. sinagoge (11c.), from L.L. synagoga "congregation of Jews," from Gk. synagoge "place of assembly, synagogue," lit. "meeting, assembly," from synagein "to gather, assemble," from syn- "together" + agein "bring, lead." Used by Gk. translators of the Old Testament as a loan-translation of late Heb. keneseth "assembly" (cf. beth keneseth "synagogue," lit. "house of assembly.")
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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