n. 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. [Middle English, from Old French sinagoge, from Late Latin synagōga, from Greek sunagōgē, assembly, synagogue, from sunagein, to bring together : sun-, syn- + agein, to lead; see ag- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] syn′a·gogi·cal (-gŏjĭ-kəl), syn′a·gogal (-gŏgəl, -gôg-) adj. |
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