yeshiva

or ye·shi·vah

[yuh-shee-vuh]

noun

an Orthodox Jewish school for the religious and secular education of children of elementary school age.
an Orthodox Jewish school of higher instruction in Jewish learning, chiefly for students preparing to enter the rabbinate.

Origin of yeshiva

1925–30; < Hebrew (post-Biblical) yəshībhāh literally, a sitting

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Examples from the Web for yeshiva

Contemporary Examples of yeshiva

He recalls “there was a group who had come from the yeshiva,” but “often they were uncomfortable… they felt sidelined.”
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Creede Newton
October 28, 2014
Lisa Goldman apparently attended a Yeshiva University event this week at which I was a panelist.
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Bret Stephens
October 25, 2013
The yeshiva would later threaten to end her education if she refused appointments with Weberman.
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Allison Yarrow
August 8, 2013
If Yeshiva University isn't mainstream modern Orthodoxy, well then I'm not sure what is.
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Elisheva Goldberg
May 8, 2013
Some 22 students from the yeshiva have restraining orders to stay out of the yeshiva or out of the W. Bank altogether.
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Orly Halpern
April 11, 2013

British Dictionary definitions for yeshiva

yeshiva

noun plural -vahs or -voth (Hebrew -vɔt)

a traditional Jewish school devoted chiefly to the study of rabbinic literature and the Talmud
a school run by Orthodox Jews for children of primary school age, providing both religious and secular instruction

Word Origin for yeshiva

from Hebrew yěshībhāh a sitting, seat, hence, an academy

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Word Origin and History for yeshiva

"Orthodox Jewish college or seminary," 1851, from Hebrew yesibah "academy," literally "a sitting," from yashav "to sit."