Definition of synagogue

• n. - A congregation or assembly of Jews met for the purpose of worship, or the performance of religious rites.
• n. - The building or place appropriated to the religious worship of the Jews.
• 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. - A congregation in the early Christian church.
• n. - Any assembly of men.