Meeting place ready for Israel's smallest unit (5)

I believe the answer is:

agora

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'meeting place' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for agora that I've seen before include "(Many-headed) monster" , "Meeting-place in Athens" , "One hundredth of a shekel" , "meeting place" , "Place to gather" .)

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