synagogue. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

synagogue

SYLLABICATION:	syn·a·gogue
PRONUNCIATION:	sn-gg, -gôg
VARIANT FORMS:	also syn·a·gog
NOUN:	1. A building or place of meeting for worship and religious instruction in the Jewish faith. 2. A congregation of Jews for the purpose of worship or religious study. 3. The Jewish religion as organized or typified in local congregations.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English, from Old French sinagoge, from Late Latin synagga, from Greek sunagg, assembly, synagogue, from sunagein, to bring together : sun-, syn- + agein, to lead; see ag- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:	syna·gogi·cal (-gj-kl) , syna·gogal (-ggl, -gôg-) —ADJECTIVE


The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.