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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)
Familiarity information: YESHIVA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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