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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Noun

The Jewish community had supported the creation of a synagogue in part because of fears that Jewish inmates, who had previously prayed in the prison’s hospital, would be converted while inside.

— Stephen Silver, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026
For an extended study of civil rights, Mejdi Tours leads a once-a-year, four-night trip that explores all the historic sites, along with a few religious ones, like Atlanta’s oldest synagogue and the Black–Jewish alliance.

— Rebecca Deurlein, Southern Living, 16 July 2026

Definition of synagogue

Noun

Livestock theft, arson and the defacement of mosques are routinely reported.

— Majdi Mohammed, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
Inspired by the Alhambra in Spain’s Granada, the mosque has a 33-meter (108-foot)-high minaret that overlooks the Seine River — complementing but not overshadowing the twin towers of nearby Notre Dame Cathedral.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026