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shul

/ʃʊl/
/ʃuːl/

Rhymes with -uːl, -ʊl

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Borrowed from Yiddish שול (shul, “school, synagogue”), from Old High German scuola (“school”), from Latin schola, from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ). Doublet of schola and school.

noun shuls · shuln · shool · schul · schule · shule

Judaism An Ashkenazi synagogue. That Asher's mind would have also been on Elohim, at this moment receiving prayers in Asher's shul, goes without saying.

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@misc{shul_2026,
  title = {shul},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shul},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}