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shul-goer

shul-goer is the alternative form of shulgoer.

Meaning of shulgoer

Noun

shulgoer (plural shulgoers)

  1. (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.2000, Cyril Harris, For Heaven’s Sake: The Chief Rabbi’s Diary, Goodwood [Western Cape?], South Africa: Cyril Harris, →ISBN, page 136
    Synonyms:
    synagogue-goer

Forms of shul-goer

pluralshul-goers

Origin of shul-goer

From shul + goer.

Questions about shul-goer

What is shul-goer the alternative form of?
Shul-goer is the alternative form of shulgoer.

Words near shul-goer in the dictionary

  1. Shukria
  2. shukto
  3. shukumei
  4. shukun-sho
  5. shul
  6. shul-goer
  7. shul-goers
  8. Shula
  9. Shulamis
  10. Shulamises
  11. Shulamit

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