Webster's 1828 dictionary has an entry for "synagogue"; definitions include "a congregation or assembly of Jews" and a "house appropriated to the religious worship of the Jews."
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Noah Webster, 1828 Webster's Dictionary, (The Editorium, 1828), "Synagogue," accessed January 18, 2023
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- Noah Webster, The Editorium
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- Noah Webster
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SYNAGOGUE, noun syn'agog. [Gr. together, and to drive; properly an assembly.]
1. A congregation or assembly of Jews, met for the purpose of worship or the performance of religious rites.
2. The house appropriated to the religious worship of the Jews.
3. The court of the seventy elders among the Jews, called the great synagogue
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