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synagogue

  1. 'du khang / 

    [lit. assembly hall]

    Biblical: synagogue: de tsho'i 'du khang du phebs/  he went into their synagogue (Mt. 12:9), 'du khang gi dbu mdzad/  a synagogue ruler (Mk. 5:22), ya hu da pa'i 'du khang /  a Jewish synagogue (Acts 17:1).

    Buddhist: 'du khang /  an assembly or meeting hall in a monastery: 'du khang nang la tshogs gdan mthon po/  the high seat in the meeting hall (DPD), 'du khang gi gnam pang /  the ceiling of the assembly hall (MHP 11), 'du khang /  an auditorium (AMD).

  2. chos khang / 

    [lit. religion + house]

    Biblical: chos khang du khri stan mtho ba/  most important seats in the synagogues (Mt. 23:6).

    Buddhist: chos khang /  a place for preaching religion (AMD).

  3. chos sde/ 

    Biblical: synagogue: da me seg gi chos sde/  the synagogues in Damascus (Acts 9:2).

    Buddhist: chos sde/  a monastery or village where religion is taught (AMD), chos sde chen po ri bo dga' ldan gyi dgon pa btab/  he founded a great religious center, the monastery on Ganden hill (TRC 139), zhi ka rtser chos sde chen po bkra shis lhun po yod pa yin/  in Shigatse is the great religious center, Tashilhunpo (DPD).

  4. tshogs/ 

    [lit. meeting]

    Biblical: synagogue: (metaphorical): bdud kyi tshogs/  a synagogue of Satan (Rev. 2:9).

    Secular: tshogs/  an arranged meeting (AMD).