Great Synagogue

noun

1. (according to Jewish tradition) a council of 120 members, established by Ezra, that directed the Jews chiefly in religious matters, c450–c200 b.c., and made significant contributions to the Jewish liturgy and Bible.

Example Sentences

I agree, for instance, that the Western Wall “should never have been turned into Israel's Great Synagogue.”

From The Daily Beast

The Wall should never have been turned into Israel's Great Synagogue.

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If this be correct, Ezekiel had nothing to do with its composition; for he was not a member of the Great Synagogue.

From Project Gutenberg

The great synagogue in the Old Jewry became a tavern; the palace of the Savoy a barracks.

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The Great Synagogue and the Polish are the only two worth mention.

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The ministers of the Great Synagogue were considered the leading ones.

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A crowd of Jews to the number of some three thousand sought refuge behind the walls of the great synagogue.

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