What does synagogue mean?
Synagogue means (countable, Judaism) A place of worship for Jews or Samaritans..
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/ˈsɪnəɡɒɡ/ · noun
(countable, Judaism) 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.
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
Use synagogue when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Synagogue means (countable, Judaism) A place of worship for Jews or Samaritans..
Common synonyms include temple.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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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