YESHIVA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: yeshivahs    , yeshivoth   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud)

Synonyms:

yeshiva; yeshivah

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("yeshiva" is a kind of...):

academy (a school for special training)

Credits