كنيسة

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. church (building and organization)
  2. synagogue (building and organization)
  3. (obsolete) a kind of palanquin or litter in which the rider conceals himself

Sinonieme

Frekwensie

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ka.niː.sa/
Etimologie (Engels)

From the root ك ن س (k n s), referring to congregation and sweeping together. Compare the Hebrew root כ־נ־ס (k-n-s), whence Hebrew כְּנֶסֶת (knéset). Apparently, however, the sense of synagogue is a semantic loan from Aramaic כְּנִישְׁתָּא (kənīštā), כְּנִישָׁא (kənīšā), from the root כ־נ־שׁ (k-n-š), to which the Christian sense was added later.

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