English Explanatory Dictionary

kloyz

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a small private synagogue or circle of religious learning

Pronunciation

/klɔɪz/

Word forms

kloyz kloyzn kloyzen kloyzes

Etymology

From Yiddish קלויז (kloyz), from Middle High German klūse (“hermitage”, by extension “snug, narrow dwelling”), from Old High German klūsa, from Proto-West Germanic *klūsā, from Latin clūsa (“something closed”). Cognate with German Klause, Dutch kluis, Old English clūse.

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