kenesa

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Karaim כְּנִיסָא (kǝnîsāʾ), from Aramaic כְּנִישָׁא (kənīšā, “gathering”), likely via Arabic كَنِيسَة (kanīsa, “church, synagogue”).

Noun[edit]

kenesa (plural kenesas)

  1. An Eastern European or Persian Karaite synagogue.
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