| synagogue | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. synagogue, tabernacle, temple | (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation. |
| ~ house of god, house of prayer, house of worship, place of worship | any building where congregations gather for prayer. |
| ~ temple of jerusalem, temple of solomon | any of three successive temples in Jerusalem that served as the primary center for Jewish worship; the first temple contained the Ark of the Covenant and was built by Solomon in the 10th century BC and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC; the second was built in 515 BC and the third was an enlargement by Herod the Great in 20 BC that was destroyed by the Romans during a Jewish revolt in AD 70; all that remains is the Wailing Wall. |
| ~ judaism | the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud. |
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