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(1):
(n.) The building or place appropriated to the religious worship of the Jews.
(2):
(n.) 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.
(3):
(n.) Any assembly of men.
(4):
(n.) A congregation in the early Christian church.
(5):
(n.) A congregation or assembly of Jews met for the purpose of worship, or the performance of religious rites.