Associations to the word «Minyan»

Wiktionary

MINYAN, noun. The minimum number of ten (male) adult Jews required for a communal religious service.
MINYAN, noun. (by extension) A Jewish prayer service.

Dictionary definition

MINYAN, noun. The quorum required by Jewish law to be present for public worship (at least ten males over thirteen years of age).

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope