synagogue
noun
syn·a·gogue
ˈsi-nə-ˌgäg 
variants
or less commonly synagog
1
: a Jewish congregation
2
: the house of worship and communal center of a Jewish congregation
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Donna, a former teacher, was known in Broward for working part-time in her husband’s dentistry practice while juggling the demands of three children, volunteering and keeping an active membership in her Coral Springs synagogue, according to the Herald’s reporting.
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
Only instead of ignoring or burying this awful truth, Kai travels the world, speaking at synagogues and in Jewish community centers about his family’s dark past — and at high schools and colleges to ensure that the atrocities of Nazi Germany are never forgotten or sanitized.
—Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
In 2018, an antisemite murdered 11 congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue.
—Gregory P. Magarian, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
The suspect behind last week’s deadly car and knife terror attack outside a synagogue in Manchester allegedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, authorities said.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
Only instead of ignoring or burying this awful truth, Kai travels the world, speaking at synagogues and in Jewish community centers about his family’s dark past — and at high schools and colleges to ensure that the atrocities of Nazi Germany are never forgotten or sanitized.
—Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
In 2018, an antisemite murdered 11 congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue.
—Gregory P. Magarian, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
The suspect behind last week’s deadly car and knife terror attack outside a synagogue in Manchester allegedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, authorities said.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
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synagogue
noun
syn·a·gogue
variants
also synagog
1
: a Jewish congregation
2
: the house of worship of a Jewish congregation
Etymology
Middle English synagoge "a Jewish congregation," from early French synagoge (same meaning), from Latin synagoga (same meaning), from Greek synagōgē "synagogue, assembly," from synagein "to bring together," from syn- "together with" and agein "to lead" — related to synonymous
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