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YESHIVA (yeshivahs, yeshivoth)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yeshiva mean? 

YESHIVA (noun)
  The noun YESHIVA has 1 sense:

1. an academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud)play

  Familiarity information: YESHIVA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


YESHIVA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

yeshiva; yeshivah

Hypernyms ("yeshiva" is a kind of...):

academy (a school for special training)


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