synagogue
nomattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˈsɪnəɡɒɡ//
- États-Unis//ˈsɪnəˌɡɑɡ//
A place of worship for Jews.
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A place of worship for Jews.
On Tuesday, Netanyahu and his wife toured Shanghai’s Ohel Moshe synagogue in the Hongkou district that was home to many of the 18,000 Jews granted refuge in Shanghai from the horrors of Nazi persecution.
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A congregation of Jews for the purpose of worship or religious study.
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rareAny assembly of folk.
But when they come hither, and ſee a Tympany of Spanioliz’d Biſhops ſwaggering in the fore-top of the State, and meddling to turn and dandle the Royal Ball with unskilful and Pedantick Palms, no marvel though they think it as unſafe to commit Religion and Liberty to their arbitrating as to a Synagogue of Jeſuits.
It is in this period that some Christian authors even refer to the “Synagogue of … Muhammad,” demonstrating the extent to which they perceive non-Christian groups as one and the same.¹¹¹
Étymologie
Inherited from Middle English synagoge, from Old French synagoge, from Latin synagōga, from Ancient Greek σῠνᾰγωγή (sŭnăgōgḗ, “assembly, gathering”), from συνάγω (sunágō, “to gather together”), from σῠ́ν (sŭ́n, “with, together”) & ᾰ̓́γω (ắgō, “to lead”). By surface analysis, syn- + -agogue.
Formes
- pluriel
- synagogues
synagogue · A place of worship for Jews.
sync · Harmony.synced · synchronisedsynchro · Any synchronized event, such as synchronized swimming.