YESHIVA


Meaning of YESHIVA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

also ye·shi·vah yə-ˈshē-və

( plural yeshivas or ye·shi·vot -ˌshē-ˈvōt, -ˈvōth)

Etymology: Late Hebrew yĕshībhāh

Date: 1760

1. : a school for talmudic study

2. : an Orthodox Jewish rabbinical seminary

3. : a Jewish day school providing secular and religious instruction

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.