Middle English Dictionary Entry
sinagō̆g(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sinagō̆g(e n. Also sinagogue, -goga, -gogge, sinnagog, (16th cent.) sinagod. |
| Etymology | OE sinagoga, synagogum & OF sinagogue, sinagoge, sinagod & L synagōga. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A place or building for Hebrew worship; -- also coll.; [some quots. may belong in sense 2.(a)]; (b) a pagan temple; (c) fig. an abusive term for the church or a church building.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)191/59 : Powel..wende a-non riȝt þanne Into þe giwene synagogue and prechede cristindom.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)1471 : Eche day hi oure lord acorseþ in hare synagoge.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Deeds 18.7 : Poul..entride into the hous of sum iust man, by name Tyte..whos hous was ioyned to the synagoge.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)13659 : Wit þis þai scott him als a dog Right vte o þair synagog [Trin-C: synagogge].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)17822 : To iursalem wit mikel dred In sinnagog þai can þam lede.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)61/33 : Þere besyde was the synagoge where the bysschoppes of Iewes & the sarrazins camen togidere and helden here conseill.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1481 : Now seȝen þai [Jews of Jerusalem] to þar Sinagogis [Dub: sinagoge] all þe cite ouire, Ilka bodi þar bedis.
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)247/10 : Þis Ladi apered in..þe sinagoge, þis day, in þe wiche she was exalted in-to þe hiest of hevens.
- a1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)51 : My wyfe..hath edefyed dyuers of youre synagoges.
b
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)2535 : To þe Synagoge wan sche cam þe dore heo haueþ oundo.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1058 : He..Seches þar to a synagoge him-selfe & his princes, Amon þar awen god at þai honoure myȝt.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)1388 : He toke a mase in hys hende..And ȝede to the synagoge; the dore vp he braste.
- a1500(c1400) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)21 : Þe synagoge of þe Sonne was sett to oure Lady.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)4467 : Thies kynges..turnyt into tempull..Be counsell of the kepers..Þat serued þat Synagod.
c
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)38/20 : What meneþ þise waast placis of þise hidde ypocritis but to telle men bi her synagogis where Satanas seet is?
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)6916 : Ypocritis..louen setes at the table, The firste..And forto han the first chaieris In synagogis, to hem full deere is.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)220/12 : Þe Lolardis set up schamful conclusiones..the Cherch is þe sinagog of Sathanas.
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)558 : Þey..first sitten in se in her synagoges, Þat beþ here heyȝe helle-hous of Kaymes kynde!
2.
(a) The religious assembly of the Jews; the Jewish congregation; (b) an assembly, a gathering; (c) a group of sinful people; ~ of satan(as.
Associated quotations
a
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)9 : Þat assa itacned þe chirche, oðer þe sinagoga, heo wes ibunden on þa ealde laȝe, and nuða heo is unbunden in þisse newe laȝe..þe sinagoge..wes al þet ileafule folc of iudeus heo weren strongliche ibunden er ure drihten come to þisse liue.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)45/1254 : Ine þe elde lawe synagoge ferst God let the ordres werche.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)SSol.6.9 : Þe vois of þe chirche of þe synagoge: I wente doun in to my gardyn, [etc.].
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Mac.2.42 : Than the synagoge of Jewis, stronge in miȝtis of Yrael, is gadrid to hem, euery wilful man in lawe.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Deeds 9.2 : Saul..cam nyȝ to the princes of prestis and axide of him epistlis into Damaske, to synagogis.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)71b/a : He likneþ crist to þe goode man & holy chirche to a goode wif and þe synagoge to an euel wif þat brekeþ spousehode.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.288 : Þe mayster of þe lawe & of þe synagoge was wroth.
b
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)7.7 : Lord..aryse in þe comaundement þat tou lent in [read: sent &] synagoge of folke shal encumpas þe.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ps.81.1 : God stod in þe synagoge of goddis; in þe myddel forsoþe goddis he seuereþ.
- c1390 Psalt.Mariae(1) (Vrn)650 : Heil, whos deore sone stod In þe Synagoge of goddes.
- c1425(c1400) Primer (Cmb Dd.11.82)p.58 : Þe synagoge of puplis schal cumpasse þee.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)7.7 : Synagoge, that is the gadrynge of folk, sall vmgif the.
c
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)Apoc.2.9 : Thou art blasfemyd of hem that seien hem silf for to be Jewes, and ben not, but thei ben the synagoge of Sathanas.
- a1400 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Pep 2498)p.23 : Loo, I schal ȝiue þe þe synagog of Sathan, þat seien þat þai ben Iewes and ne ben nouȝth.
- c1400 Bk.Mother (Bod 416)193/23 : Bi þes þre kyngus, gostli mowen be undurstonde men þat wollen leue þer owne contre of synne, þer fadur þe deuel, here modir þe synagoge -- þat ben alle wicked folk.
- (1430) Reg.Stafford in Som.RS 3178 : Thoo that be in dedly synne be out of the church of Goddes ordinance and on the sinagog of Sathanas.