minyan

[ Sephardic Hebrew meen-yahn; Ashkenazic Hebrew, English min-yuhn ]

/ Sephardic Hebrew minˈyɑn; Ashkenazic Hebrew, English ˈmɪn yən /

noun, 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.

Origin of minyan

minyān literally, number

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH minyan

minion, minyan

Words nearby minyan

minute volume, minutiae, minx, Minya, Minyades, minyan, Minyas, mio-, miocardia, Miocene, miombo

Definition for minyan (2 of 2)

Minyan

[ min-yuhn ]

/ ˈmɪn yən /

Classical Mythology

adjective

descended from Minyas.

being or pertaining to a gray, wheel-thrown pottery produced in ancient Greece during the early part of the Helladic period, c2000 b.c.

noun

Minyans. Also Min·yae

[min-yee]. /ˈmɪn yi/. the descendants of Minyas who inhabited Orchomenus in Boeotia and Iolcus in Thessaly.

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Example sentences from the Web for minyan

It seemed to Feivke he had been at the Minyan a long, long time, and he felt as though some great misfortune had befallen him.
Yiddish Tales|Various
There was scarcely a Minyan present at the evening services in the Shul.
Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch|Ulrich Frank
He was buried with full Jewish rites, a "Minyan" from the battalion attending.
With the Judans in the Palestine Campaign|J. H. (John Henry) Patterson
"The Minyan is there," and Mattes pointed his finger at the thatched roofs shining in the sunset.
Yiddish Tales|Various

Dusratta was a Minyan and his power seems to have been the chief in Armenia at this time.
The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1|Various

British Dictionary definitions for minyan

minyan

/ Hebrew (minˈjan, English ˈmɪnjən) /

noun plural minyanim (minjaˈnim) or minyans

the number of persons required by Jewish law to be present for a religious service, namely, at least ten males over thirteen years of age

Word Origin for minyan

literally: number

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单词	minyan
释义	minyan [ Sephardic Hebrew meen-yahn; Ashkenazic Hebrew, English min-yuhn ] / Sephardic Hebrew minˈyɑn; Ashkenazic Hebrew, English ˈmɪn yən / noun, 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. Origin of minyan minyān literally, number WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH minyan minion, minyan Words nearby minyan minute volume, minutiae, minx, Minya, Minyades, minyan, Minyas, mio-, miocardia, Miocene, miombo Definition for minyan (2 of 2) Minyan [ min-yuhn ] / ˈmɪn yən / Classical Mythology adjective descended from Minyas. being or pertaining to a gray, wheel-thrown pottery produced in ancient Greece during the early part of the Helladic period, c2000 b.c. noun Minyans. Also Min·yae [min-yee]. /ˈmɪn yi/. the descendants of Minyas who inhabited Orchomenus in Boeotia and Iolcus in Thessaly. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for minyan It seemed to Feivke he had been at the Minyan a long, long time, and he felt as though some great misfortune had befallen him. Yiddish Tales\|Various There was scarcely a Minyan present at the evening services in the Shul. Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch\|Ulrich Frank He was buried with full Jewish rites, a "Minyan" from the battalion attending. With the Judans in the Palestine Campaign\|J. H. (John Henry) Patterson "The Minyan is there," and Mattes pointed his finger at the thatched roofs shining in the sunset. Yiddish Tales\|Various Dusratta was a Minyan and his power seems to have been the chief in Armenia at this time. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1\|Various British Dictionary definitions for minyan minyan / Hebrew (minˈjan, English ˈmɪnjən) / noun plural minyanim (minjaˈnim) or minyans the number of persons required by Jewish law to be present for a religious service, namely, at least ten males over thirteen years of age Word Origin for minyan literally: number Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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