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synagogue

noun

variants also synagog

Definition of synagogue

as in mosque

a building that is used for Jewish religious services

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Recent Examples of synagogue While being escorted out of the synagogue by security, Montes allegedly struck a 63-year-old woman who was attending the services, cutting her lip and bruising her arm, and headbutted a security guard and uttered a racial slur, according to police. — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026 Following the incident, police officers were deployed to the synagogue for security as Shabbat services continued into Saturday. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 16 Aug. 2026 Maryland governor Wes Moore stopped by a Westhampton synagogue on a fundraising swing last month. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 13 Aug. 2026 Veterans and military families, churches and mosques and synagogues, people who agreed on almost nothing else, threw themselves at the problem. — Shawn Vandiver, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for synagogue

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Well, there are neighborhoods, there are mosques – go and work on it there!

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
A number of people were kidnapped from a mosque in a spree of abductions at several villages in Nigeria 's north-central Niger state, police said Saturday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of mosque

Noun

There was no mosque in Mancelona, and Mymonie and Sam found kinship in the Masonic temple.

— Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
An island that is often pigeonholed to infinity pools and rice-paddy views, the tropical destination is also home to working rice terraces still farmed by hand, daily temple offerings, and craft traditions passed down over generations.

— Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 19 Aug. 2026

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The 16th-century château sits on 50 landscaped acres and has a pond, a swimming pool, a tennis court, vegetable and flower gardens, and a Japanese pagoda.

— Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 13 Aug. 2026
Generations of locals have grown up on its signature franks — split down the middle, grilled in a secret sauce, and served from an unmistakable pagoda-style stand.

— USA TODAY Network, USA Today, 15 July 2026

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