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Etymology

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From mega- +‎ synagogue.

Noun

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mega-synagogue (plural mega-synagogues)

  1. (Judaism, rare) An unusually large synagogue. [20th c.]
    • 1996, Daniel Lupton, I Like Church, But…[1], Destiny Image Publishers, →ISBN, page 30:
      He wanted His prophet to think bigger than reaching one or two, bigger than a Torah study group, bigger even than a mega-synagogue.
    • 2021, Amanda Ripley, chapter 7, in High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out[2], New York: Sim & Schuster Paperbacks, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 237:
      On the Upper West Side of Manhattan, there is a mega-synagogue called B’nai Jeshurun, known as “BJ” to its members.

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