synagogue.

1. A building or place used for Jewish worship and communal religious activity.

2. A Jewish congregation or community organized around worship.

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Words that belong together

• local synagogue
• synagogue interior

On the page

The synagogue stood beside the square.

The guide described the synagogue interior.

They restored the local synagogue.

Usage notes

Primary category: architecture. Forms: Singular synagogue; plural synagogues. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.