shulgoer

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shulgoer

/ˈʃuːlˌɡəʊə/ UK
/ʃʊl-/ UK
/ˈʃulˌɡoʊəɹ/ US
/ʃʊl-/ US

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From shul (“Ashkenazi synagogue”) + goer. Shul is borrowed from Yiddish שול (shul, “school; synagogue”), from Old High German scuola (“school”), from Latin schola (“school”), from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “place for giving lectures, lecture hall, school”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to overpower; to take hold of”). Piecewise doublet of schoolgoer.

noun shulgoers · shul-goer

Judaism One who attends shul (“a synagogue”); a practising Jew. [H]e was invited, on his first visit to my synagogue in St John's Wood, to choose between sitting in the wardens' box or occupying a prominent front row seat. As he is orthodox and a regular shulgoer, this was quite a quandary. He decided to sit in the wardens' box.
Similar: synagogue-goer

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noun one who attends shul

Deutsch	Synagogenbesucher, Synagogenbesucherin, Synagogengänger, Synagogengängerin

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@misc{shulgoer_2026,
  title = {shulgoer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shulgoer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}