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MINYAN (minyanim)
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Irregular inflected form: minyanim
Dictionary entry overview: What does minyan mean?
• MINYAN (noun)
The noun MINYAN has 1 sense:
1. the quorum required by Jewish law to be present for public worship (at least ten males over thirteen years of age)
Familiarity information: MINYAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quorum required by Jewish law to be present for public worship (at least ten males over thirteen years of age)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("minyan" is a kind of...):
quorum (a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business)
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