cybersynagogue
/ˌsaɪbəɹˈsɪnəˌɡɑɡ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A synagogue that exists only in cyberspace or on the Internet.
Example Sentences
- "Our cybersynagogue will soon be in the World Wide Web – surfing the Jewish world looking forward to the next 150 years."
- "Synagogues, too, have undergone radical change over the past 2,000 years: from village synagogues, to urban synagogues, to suburban synagogues, to exurban synagogues, and now possible cybersynagogues. A cybersynagogue must address the three traditional functions of a synagogue: a house of assembly, a house of study, and a house of communal prayer."
- "One might have thought that virtual worship space was typical only of new religious movements, such as the First Church of Cyberspace[…]. This is clearly not the case, as [Anastasia] Karaflogka notes the existence of / cyber-churches, cyber-sanghas, cyber-synagogues, and cyber-mosques, each giving the opportunity to its followers to be part of the 'community' when physical contact, for whatever reason, is not possible or desirable."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌsaɪbəɹˈsɪnəˌɡɑɡ/
- British English: /ˌsaɪbəˈsɪnəɡɒɡ/