Syn"a*gogue (?), n. [F., from L.
synagoga, Gr. &?; a bringing together, an assembly, a synagogue, fr. &?; to bring together; sy`n with +
&?; to lead. See Syn-, and Agent.]
1. A congregation or assembly of Jews met for the purpose of worship, or the performance of religious rites.
2. The building or place appropriated to the religious worship of the Jews.
3. The council of, probably, 120 members among the Jews, first appointed after the return from the Babylonish captivity;
-- called also the Great Synagogue, and sometimes, though erroneously, the Sanhedrin.
4.
A congregation in the early
Christian church.
My brethren, . . . if there come
into your synagogue a man with a gold ring.
James
ii. 1,2 (Rev. Ver.). 5. Any assembly of men. [Obs. or R.] Milton.
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