synagogue

variants also synagog

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Recent Examples of synagogue Another $429,000 has been set aside to relocate police services to the Beth Hillel Congregation Bnai Emunah synagogue—which was purchased by the Wilmette Park District in May 2024 for $5.4 million—for nearly two years while construction of the new station is taking place. Jennifer Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025 At one viewing at a synagogue in the central Israeli city of Raanana, a mob organized by the local branch of the ruling right-wing Likud party swarmed the event. Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2025 Reinhard estimates another 30 Protestant churches and Jewish synagogues have closed or are on the verge of closure. Mark Dent, HubSpot, 11 Apr. 2025 Listen to this article The establishment of a La Jolla Fire Safe Council to boost local fire preparedness and prevention efforts appears imminent after about 25 community members poured into a room at the Congregation Adat Yeshurun synagogue last week to discuss the possibility. Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for synagogue
Recent Examples of Synonyms for synagogue
Noun
  • The recent destruction is much more far-reaching, flattening mosques, schools, greenhouses and even greenery.
    Samuel Granados, New York Times, 15 May 2025
  • Trump is not known to have visited any mosques in the United States as president.
    Aya Batrawy, NPR, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Halfway across the city, around the time that Stein was expelled from religious shul in Brooklyn, Weinstein was struggling with his own trans identity, living on the Upper West Side among a dynastic family of his own.
    Leah Abrams, Them., 17 Apr. 2025
  • His synagogue, which meets at the Maimonides School—a Modern Orthodox day school—was one of seven Orthodox shuls that were a part of the Oct. 6 siyum.
    Emily Goldberg, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • That said, there’s plenty to keep you entertained from vibrant markets and temples, to spas, malls, bars, and a thriving live music scene.
    Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
  • His seminal Laudato Si’ encyclical, a 176-page pastoral letter on the religious importance of caring for the planet, sparked a climate movement in the catholic church that echoed through the temples and mosques of the world’s other great religions.
    Aryn Baker, Time, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Inspired by the Iwo Jima Memorial near Arlington National Cemetery, the monument depicts five Vietnamese soldiers raising a flag with the Quang Tri citadel wall and a pagoda serving as a backdrop.
    Heather McRea, Orange County Register, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The South Bed blooms with cherry blossom trees of every shade of pink and white, set against blue-and-white porcelain sculptures, including a 33-foot-tall porcelain pagoda.
    Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Miller also noted that the original tabernacle of the church survived, along with 17th-century lead coffins that visitors can view under a glass floor.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2025
  • The Blessed Sacrament Chapel’s tabernacle is supported by three legs, symbolizing the Holy Trinity.
    Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025

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