yeshiva

noun ye·shi·va \yə-ˈshē-və\

: a Jewish school for religious instruction

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

Full Definition of YESHIVA

: a school for talmudic study

: an Orthodox Jewish rabbinical seminary

: a Jewish day school providing secular and religious instruction

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ye·shi·va also ye·shi·vah \yə-ˈshē-və\

Late Hebrew yĕshībhāh

First Known Use: 1760

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