 The Temple Mount is now the site of the Islamic edifice, the Dome of the Rock (c. 690).The Greek word "synagogue" came into use to describe Jewish (and Samaritan) places of worship during Hellenistic times and it, along with the Yiddish term "shul", and the original Hebrew term "Beit Knesset" ("House of meeting") are the terms in most universal usage.Since the 18th Century, Jews in Western and Central Europe began to apply the name "temple", borrowed from the French where it was used to denote all non-Catholic prayerhouses, to synagogues.