כְּנִיסָה f. (כָּנַס) 1) gathering, assembly. Meg. I, 1 מקדימין ליום הכ׳ read the M’gillah in advance on the gathering (market) day before Purim. Ib. 4ᵇ; a. e. —2) entering, opp. יציאה. Y. Erub. V, 22ᶜ; Midd. I, 3, v. יְצִיאָה.—B. Mets. 104ᵃ בשעת כְּנִיסָתָן לחופה when they were being led to the wedding chamber. Keth. 12ᵃ. Ber. IV, 2 בכְנִיסָתוֹ לבה"מ on his entering college (for teaching and judging). B. Mets. 83ᵇ בכְנִיסָתוֹ the time consumed in going home, v. פּוֹעֵל; a. fr. —3) keeping in, detention. Yalk. Num. 782, v. עֲצִירָה.—[Y. Shebi. VII, beg. 37ᵇ כניסות, v. כְּבִיסָה.] —4) recess, settle. Men. 97ᵇ, interch. with כּוֹנְסָה a. כְּנָסָה.