"minyan" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmɪn.jən/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-minyan.wav Forms: minyanim [plural], minyans [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪnjən Etymology: From Hebrew מִנְיָן (minyán, “number, count, quorum”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|he|מניין|מִנְיָן|number, count, quorum|sc=Hebr|tr=minyán}} Hebrew מִנְיָן (minyán, “number, count, quorum”) Head templates: {{en-noun|minyanim|s}} minyan (plural minyanim or minyans)
  1. (Judaism) The minimum number of ten (male) adult Jews required for a communal religious service. Wikidata QID: Q950371 Tags: Judaism Categories (topical): Judaism Translations (minimum number of ten adult Jews required for a communal religious service): minján [masculine] (Czech), minjan [masculine] (Czech), miniane [masculine] (French), מניין \ מִנְיָן (minyán) [masculine] (Hebrew), minjan [masculine] (Polish), minjan [common-gender] (Swedish), מנין (minyen) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-minyan-en-noun-en:Q950371 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'minimum number of ten adult Jews required for a communal religious service': 95 5
  2. (by extension) A Jewish prayer service. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-minyan-en-noun-xIN5WLLH Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: minyen, minyon

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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