Main Entry: ye·shi·va

Variant(s): also ye·shi·vah \yə-ˈshē-və\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural yeshivas or ye·shi·vot \-ˌshē-ˈvōt, -ˈvōth\

Etymology: Late Hebrew yĕshībhāh

Date: 1760

1 : a school for talmudic study
2 : an Orthodox Jewish rabbinical seminary
3 : a Jewish day school providing secular and religious instruction