synagogue

religious building at the center of a local organization where a Jewish (or rarely Samaritan) community gathers for prayer, education, social assistance or ceremonies
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synagogue

Summary

synagogue ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,596 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • synagogue's religion is recorded as Judaism[2].
  • synagogue's religion is recorded as Samaritan[3].
  • synagogue is a type of house of prayer[4].
  • synagogue is a type of architectural structure[5].
  • synagogue is a type of organization[6].
  • synagogue's Commons category is recorded as Synagogues[7].
  • synagogue's Unicode character is recorded as 🕍[8].
  • synagogue comprises bimah[9].
  • synagogue's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Synagogues[10].
  • synagogue's Commons gallery is recorded as Synagogue[11].
  • synagogue's facet of is recorded as Judaism[12].
  • synagogue's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as building=synagogue[13].
  • synagogue's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[14].
  • synagogue's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[15].
  • synagogue's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • synagogue's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • synagogue's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[18].
  • synagogue's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[19].
  • synagogue's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[20].
  • synagogue's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21].
  • synagogue's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[22].
  • synagogue's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
  • synagogue's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[24].
  • synagogue's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox synagogue[25].
  • synagogue's equivalent class is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Synagogue[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include house of prayer[4], architectural structure[5], and organization[6].

Use and Application

synagogue comprises bimah[9].

Why It Matters

synagogue ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,596 views/month).[1] synagogue has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] synagogue is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Q5419
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  2. 8w ago · Superraptor123 · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → house of prayer, architectural structure, organization
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q24398318]]"
  3. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 14160
    Biblissima authority id → Q296574
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q296574, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  4. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → synagogues
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: synagogues, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289961135|synagogues (#289961135)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  5. 14w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 6176
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9106]]: 6176, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107288136|synagogue (#107288136)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical Dictiona"
  6. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0001931-synagogy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0001931-synagogy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
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