synagogue, temple, tabernacle
(noun) (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
synagogue (plural synagogues)
A place of worship for Jews.
A congregation of Jews for the purpose of worship or religious study.
• mosque, church, temple, gurdwara, fire temple, mandir, jinja, House of Worship
Source: Wiktionary
Syn"a*gogue, n. Etym: [F., from L. synagoga, Gr. Syn-, and Agent.]
1. A congregation or assembly of Jews met for the purpose of worship, or the performance of religious rites.
2. The building or place appropriated to the religious worship of the Jews.
3. 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.
4. A congregation in the early Christian church. My brethren, . . . if there come into your synagogue a man with a gold ring. James ii. 1,2 (Rev. Ver.).
5. Any assembly of men. [Obs. or R.] Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 February 2025
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
