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minyan

(min′yən, min yän′)

a properly constituted group for a public Jewish prayer service, made up of at least ten Jewish males (in some congregations, males or females) over thirteen years of age

Origin: MHeb minyan < TalmudHeb, orig., number, quantity < root mnh, to number, count

See minyan in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. min·ya·nim (mēn-yä-nēmˈ, mĭn-yôˈnĭm) or min·yans (mĭnˈyənz)

The minimum number of ten adult Jews or, among the Orthodox, Jewish men required for a communal religious service.

Origin:

Origin: Hebrew minyān, number, minyan

Origin: , from Aramaic minyānā

Origin: , from mənā, to count; see mnw in Semitic roots

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