"kenesa" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kenesas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Karaim כְּנִיסָא (kǝnîsāʾ), from Aramaic כְּנִישָׁא (kənīšā, “gathering”), likely via Arabic كَنِيسَة (kanīsa, “church, synagogue”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ar|ك ن س}}, {{root|en|arc|כ־נ־שׁ}}, {{bor+|en|kdr|כְּנִיסָא|tr=kǝnîsāʾ}} Borrowed from Karaim כְּנִיסָא (kǝnîsāʾ), {{der|en|arc|כְּנִישָׁא|t=gathering|tr=kənīšā}} Aramaic כְּנִישָׁא (kənīšā, “gathering”), {{der|en|ar|كَنِيسَة|t=church, synagogue}} Arabic كَنِيسَة (kanīsa, “church, synagogue”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} kenesa (plural kenesas)
  1. An Eastern European or Persian Karaite synagogue. Categories (topical): Buildings, Judaism, Places of worship Translations (Karaite house of prayer): Kenessa [feminine] (German), kenesà [feminine] (Lithuanian), kinèsė [feminine] (Lithuanian), kenesa [feminine] (Polish), kienesa [feminine] (Polish), кена́сса (kenássa) [feminine] (Russian), кена́са (kenása) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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