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minyan

/Sephardic Hebrew meen-yahn; Ashkenazic Hebrew, English min-yuhn/US // Sephardic Hebrew minˈyɑn; Ashkenazic Hebrew, English ˈmɪn yən //UK // Hebrew (minˈjan, English ˈmɪnjən) //

米尼安,米扬,米扬人,米扬会

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural min·yan·im [Sephardic Hebrew meen-yah-neem; Ashkenazic Hebrew min-yaw-nim], /Sephardic Hebrew min yɑˈnim; Ashkenazic Hebrew mɪnˈyɔ nɪm/, English min·yans.Hebrew.

    • : the number of persons required by Jewish law to be present to conduct a communal religious service, traditionally a minimum of 10 Jewish males over 13 years of age.
    • : such a group.

Examples

  • Then he left his home and fled from horse-rearing Argos and came to Minyan Orchomenus.

  • There was scarcely a Minyan present at the evening services in the Shul.

  • Date uncertain, but in Boeotia evidence that it ended before rise of 'Minyan' ware.

  • She stood on the threshold of the house, and looked after her two men starting for a distant Minyan.

  • "The Minyan is there," and Mattes pointed his finger at the thatched roofs shining in the sunset.

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