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noun
A type of Jewish community in eastern Europe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism
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noun
Any Jewish community; especially, a secular Jewish communal organization, or the secular dimension of a religious one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism
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History
Borrowed from Hebrew קְהִילָּה (qəhîllâ, “a community, a congregation”).
