synagogues (buildings) <p>Community places for the regular assembly or congregation of Jews for liturgical services, assembly, and study apart from the service of the temple; since the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem, worship at the synagogue is the sole place of public worship.</p> <p>Source: AAT</p> <p><a href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300007590">http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300007590</a></p>