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yeshiva
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
yeshiva
(noun)
yeshiva
noun
or
yeshivah
/jə
ˈ
ʃiːvə/
plural
yeshivas
or
yeshivot
/-ˌʃiː
ˈ
voʊt/
/jəˌʃiː
ˈ
voʊt/
yeshiva
noun
or
yeshivah
/jə
ˈ
ʃiːvə/
plural
yeshivas
or
yeshivot
/-ˌʃiː
ˈ
voʊt/
/jəˌʃiː
ˈ
voʊt/
Britannica Dictionary definition of YESHIVA
[
count
]
:
a Jewish school for religious instruction
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