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So•bor
(sə bôr′),USA pronunciation n. (sometimes l.c.) [Eastern Ch.]
- Religiona council, synod, or convention.
- Russian sobór, Old Russian, Old Church Slavonic sùborù council, meeting, equivalent. to sù- together, with + -borù, noun, nominal derivative of brati to take (akin to bear1); calque of Greek synagōgé̄ (see synagogue)