Syn'a-gōgue, n.

(sĭn'a gŏg), n. [Fr. synagogue, It. & Sp. sinagoga, Pr. & Lat. synagoga, Gr. συναγωγή, a bringing together, an assembly, from συνάγειν, to bring together, from σύν, with, and ἄγειν, to lead.]

1. A congregation or assembly of Jews met for the purpose of worship, or the performance of religious rites.
2. The building or place appropriated to the religious worship of the Jews.
3. The court of the seventy elders among the Jews;—called also the Great Synagogue, or Sanhedrim.
4. Hence, any assembly of men. [Rare.] “A synagogue of Jesuits.” Milton.