Shul

//ʃʊl// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    An Ashkenazi synagogue. Judaism

    "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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"They're solid members of the shul her mother helped found."

Etymology

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.

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