kehillah

kehillah
Seph. Heb. /keuh hee lah"/; Ashk. Heb. /keuh hil"euh/, n., pl. kehilloth, kehillot, kehillos Seph. Heb. /-hee lawt"/; Ashk. Heb. /-hil"oht, -ohs/.
the organization of the Jewish population of a community that deals with charities and other communal affairs.
[1880-85; < Heb qahillah community]

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