Thesaurus results for SHUL

shul

noun

Definition of shul

as in synagogue

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Recent Examples of shul Felder understood the impulse behind the shul’s decision. — Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026 In 2014, vandals tried to set fire to the shul, noted for the whimsical palm trees painted on either side of the ark, and its ceiling, which resembles a starry night. — Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025 Halfway across the city, around the time that Stein was expelled from religious shul in Brooklyn, Weinstein was struggling with his own trans identity, living on the Upper West Side among a dynastic family of his own. — Leah Abrams, Them., 17 Apr. 2025 Pro-Palestinian and Pro-Israeli demonstrators clashed Sunday outside Adas Torah synagogue, an Orthodox shul, in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood, which police said resulted in two reports of battery. — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 25 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for shul

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Rabbi Joshua Davidson of Congregation Emanu-El, a Reform synagogue in New York, likewise said he was convinced by Galliano’s statements of remorse and his efforts to educate himself about Judaism and the Holocaust.

— Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026
As Democrats work to defend the Michigan Senate seat, their nominee apologizes for comments about a synagogue attack.

— NBC news, NBC news, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of synagogue

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Last week, dozens of people were kidnapped from a mosque in a spate of abductions at several villages in Nigeria’s north-central Niger state.

— Dyepkazah Shibayan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Last week, dozens of people were kidnapped from a mosque in a spate of abductions at several villages in Nigeria's north-central Niger state.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026