synagogue

n. congregation of Jews for the purpose of worship and religious instruction; building for Jewish worship and religious instruction

A synagogue (from , transliterated synagogē, "assembly"; beit knesset, "house of assembly"; or beit tefila, "house of prayer", shul; , esnoga) is a Jewish house of worship. Synagogues usually have a large hall for prayer (the main sanctuary), smaller rooms for study, and sometimes a social hall and offices. Some have a separate room for Torah study, called the Beit midrash - בית מדרש ("House of Study").Many Orthodox and Conservative Jews in English-speaking countries use the Yiddish term "shul." The use of "synagogue" is reserved for formal occasions. Spanish and Portuguese Jews call the synagogue an esnoga. Persian Jews and Karaite Jews use the term Kenesa, which is derived from Aramaic. Reform and Conservative congregations in the United States sometimes use the word "temple."
See more at Wikipedia.org...

Noun
1. (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
(synonym) temple, tabernacle
(hypernym) place of worship, house of prayer, house of God, house of worship
(hyponym) Temple of Jerusalem, Temple of Solomon
(classification) Judaism

n. synagogue, congregation of Jews for the purpose of worship and religious instruction; building for Jewish worship and religious instruction

(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.
  

(n.)
The building or place appropriated to the religious worship of the Jews.
  

(n.)
Any assembly of men.
  

(n.)
A congregation or assembly of Jews met for the purpose of worship, or the performance of religious rites.
  

(n.)
A congregation in the early Christian church.