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
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
Do they look like the families in “Armageddon Time” and “The Fabelmans,” who celebrate Hanukkah and eat bagels and lox but don’t go to shul regularly?
From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2022
Back from shul, he was breaking fast with a bagel and cream cheese, holding forth at the head of the table in our Michigan dining room.
From Salon • Sep. 14, 2021
Misha brushed off his trousers impatiently, and then said, “So, shul? It starts at nine o’clock. I’ll come get you from your room at eight thirty?”
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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