YESHIVA (yeshivahs, yeshivoth)

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Irregular inflected forms: yeshivahs    , yeshivoth   

 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 

• 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)