shul
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of shul
Yiddish: synagogue, from Old High German scuola school 1
Example Sentences
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“When I am mayor, I will work every day to keep Jewish New Yorkers safe—on our streets, our subways, at shul, in every moment of every day,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025
The scene was a far cry from the one at our old conservative shul in Danbury, CT.
From Salon • Oct. 16, 2023
And on the Friday evening after the shooting, the shul received some good news just as it began celebrating Shabbat.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2023
They turned to Rabbi Sholom Lipskar, the founding head of a large Orthodox shul in the Chabad-Lubavitch movement less than a mile north of Champlain Towers.
From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2021
Neither of them answered, but on our walk to shul, they kept glancing at me worriedly.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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