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synagogue
UK /ˈsɪnəɡɒɡ/ US /ˈsɪnəˌɡɑɡ/
noun 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
burned, imposing, old, outside, restored
VERB + SYNAGOGUE
back, burnt, go, happened, refer, standing, visit
SYNAGOGUE + NOUN
hongkou, mother, muhammad, shabbat
PREP.
down, in, on, out
Definitions
noun
1
A place of worship for Jews or Samaritans.
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.
2
A congregation of Jews or Samaritans for the purpose of worship or religious study.
3
Any 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
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Synonyms
noun — (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
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Idioms & Phrases
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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 persecuti
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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 marve
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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
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The protesters burnt down the synagogue.
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I'm going back to the synagogue.
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Tom was driven out of the synagogue.
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