minyan
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- noun
- /ˈmɪnjən/
- Jargon
- The day approached when there was no certainty that a minyan could be assembled.
- minyan (a prayer quorum)
- minyan, a prayer
- minyan members
Examples
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Around him walks a minyan—a quorum of ten males necessary for the rite.
Fiction book (1993) -
Where's the best place in New York to look for a minyan?
Fiction book (2002) -
We'll be at the minyan tonight and tomorrow.
Fiction book (2001) -
Show up for the minyan?
Academic text (2012) -
Maybe Danny would like to come to the minyan for the holidays.
Fiction book (2001) -
And that's it: ten men, we have a minyan.
Fiction book (1997) -
A traditional Jewish prayer quorum, or minyan, requires the presence of 10 men age 13 and older.
Academic text (2009) -
Here, however, a minyan of Jews was reciting the morning prayers before going to work.
Fiction book (1998) -
Georgian and Russian Jews made up the majority of the morning minyan members, averaging about twelve persons each.
Academic text (2001) -
In the small synagogue, a gathering of ten men formed a minyan to begin the evening service.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Minyan comes from the Hebrew and Aramaic word מִנְיָן, meaning 'number' or 'count'. So a Minyan is the required number of people for certain communal prayers and services.