Definitions for "Yeshiva"
(Yiddish: place of sitting) In Judaism: 1. An academy of Talmud studies. 2. The main educational institution of traditional Judaism, with an all-male student body usually ranging in age from early teens to mid-20s.
Jewish religious seminary.
School of traditional Jewish study. Although traditionally, only for males, today there are some yeshivot for females, as well.
an intensive place of learning under the strong guidance of its Rebbeim