shul
Americannoun
plural
shulnnoun
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
In the meantime, the life of the shul goes on.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2023
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
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
“I have some things to get in order. I’ll be in shul all day once I’m done up here; don’t you worry about that.”
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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