כנסייה
Hebrew
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[edit]Etymology
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| כ־נ־ס (k-n-s) |
From the root כ־נ־ס (k-n-s).
Pronunciation
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Noun
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כנסייה / כְּנֵסִיָּה • (knesiá) f (plural indefinite כנסייות / כְּנְסִיּוֹת, singular construct כנסיית / כְּנְסִיַת־)
- (countable, Christianity) church (a Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place)
- 2009 March 11, "כנסייה מהתקופה הביזנטית התגלתה ליד נס הרים" (online news article: k'nesiá mehat'kufá habizántit hitgaltá l'yád nes harím, "A church from the Byzantine period was discovered next to Nes Harim"), Haaretz.
- A church or Church: a movement of Christianity.
Related terms
[edit]- בֵּית כְּנֶסֶת (bet knéset, “a synagogue”)
References
[edit]- “כנסיה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
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כנסייה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
