كنيسة

Meaning

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

Concepts

church

⛪

abbey

abbotship

church-building

house of worship

place of worship

🛐

temple

abbacy

church

⛪

Synonyms

دير

Translations

chiesa

⛪

Kirche

⛪

εκκλησία

igreja

⛪

kerk

⛪

église

⛪

iglesia

⛪

església

⛪

ναός

ecclesia

⛪

kilise

⛪

templo

glèisa

dêr

⛪

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ka.niː.sa/

Etymology

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.