synagogue

variants also synagog

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Recent Examples of synagogue Texas resident David Katz, a former DEA agent and the CEO of the Global Security Group, uses his expertise on active-shooter response to train Jewish volunteers to protect their own synagogues on the side. Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2025 In a statement released Thursday afternoon, Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said that the Baltimore Police Department will be increasing police presence around synagogues, community centers and other key institutions around Baltimore in response to the Wednesday shootings. Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2025 Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said there will be more deputies around synagogues, mosques, Jewish schools and other cultural institutions in Miami-Dade. David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 22 May 2025 Our synagogue, the Liberal Jewish Temple of Coconut Creek, has been an oasis of hope, happiness and stability for more than 40 years. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for synagogue
Recent Examples of Synonyms for synagogue
Noun
  • His manifesto during the 2023 general election included a ban on all mosques, Islamic schools, the use of Qurans, and anyone wearing a Hijab entering government buildings in the Netherlands.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 3 June 2025
  • In Ioannina, a lively university town where Byzantine churches co-exist with Ottoman-era mosques, sits the 3Portes Gallery.
    Helen Iatrou, AFAR Media, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • The caretaking and preservation of these dying congregations is just another aspect of the invisible labor taken on by a generation of women whose work in the home and the shul—caring for children, husbands, family members—was always taken for granted.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
  • Halfway across the city, around the time that Stein was expelled from religious shul in Brooklyn, Weinstein was struggling with his own trans identity, living on the Upper West Side among a dynastic family of his own.
    Leah Abrams, Them., 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The temple would be almost as tall as the Tower building in downtown Elgin and would be the size of two box stores, opponents said.
    Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
  • The pyramid served as a pre-Inca temple and played a part in various ceremonies.
    Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • The outdoor patio, surrounded by palm trees and murals, is home to a majestic pagoda.
    Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
  • Freezing fog trundling in from Ocean Beach deposited ice crystals on every branch and spire, frosting the deco towers, the green pagodas and granite lions of Chinatown.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • Miller also noted that the original tabernacle of the church survived, along with 17th-century lead coffins that visitors can view under a glass floor.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2025
  • The Blessed Sacrament Chapel’s tabernacle is supported by three legs, symbolizing the Holy Trinity.
    Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025

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“Synagogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synagogue. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.

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