prayer (worship); by implication an oratory (chapel)

1. prayer addressed to God

2. a place set apart or suited for the offering of prayer

a. a synagogue

b. a place in the open air where the Jews were wont to pray, outside the cities, where they had no synagogue

1. such places were situated upon the bank of a stream or the shore of a sea, where there was a supply of water for washing the hands before prayer