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Synonyms

shul

American  
[shool, shool] / ʃul, ʃʊl /
Or schul

noun

Yiddish.

PLURAL

shuln
  1. a synagogue.


shul British  
/ ʃuːl /

noun

  1. the Yiddish word for synagogue

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Etymology

Origin of shul

Yiddish: synagogue, from Old High German scuola school 1

Example Sentences

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Ms Lazarus, who attended the Heaton Park Shul when she was younger, said she did not think Mr Lammy would "care" about the response he received at the vigil.

From BBC

But we also watch him talk about many events, like becoming a father or cofounding the aforementioned experimental Lab/Shul initiative, while he is still in the middle of experiencing them, rather than speaking with the benefit of hindsight.

From New York Times

“I feel like we’re at war,” said Rabbi Sholom Lipskar, who started the Shul of Bal Harbour more than 40 years ago near the beach in Surfside.

From Washington Times

“Day and night, every chat, every post was, ‘What can we do?’” said Johana Abraham, president of the Shul Sisterhood.

From Washington Times

“It’s incredible to have to hide who we are,” said David Wolf, the president of the Shul of Bal Harbour who has lived near it for 25 years.

From Washington Times