shul
Americannoun
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shuln
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of shul
Yiddish: synagogue, from Old High German scuola school 1
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“Whether I’m praying at shul, shopping at the grocery store or even dropping my kids off at school, people come up to me to express their concerns with the mayor’s comments,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The scene was a far cry from the one at our old conservative shul in Danbury, CT.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2023
The firetruck passed by the historic Breed Street shul and traveled as far east as Soto Street before parking at La Chispa de Oro for lunch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
Since he couldn’t go to shul, he told me, he went to the Temple of Dendur instead.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2021
“It’s in the air. From the moment you walked into the shul, I could sense it. I’ve never felt something like this since dying.”
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
Afterward, in getting of your riches, and in using of 'em, ye shuln alway have three things in your heart, that is to say, our Lord God, conscience, and good name.
From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Ernest Rhys
And yet saith this Pamphilus, moreover, that they that ben bond and thrall of linage shuln be made worthy and noble by riches.
From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Ernest Rhys
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