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shule

Syllables: Shu·le

shule is the alternative form of shul.

Meaning of shul

Noun

shul (plural shuls or shuln)

  1. (Judaism) An Ashkenazi synagogue.
    • That Asher's mind would have also been on Elohim, at this moment receiving prayers in Asher's shul, goes without saying.2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage, published 2007, page 146

Proper noun capitalized: Shule

Shule

  1. (historical) An ancient kingdom in the Taklamakan Desert, in what is now China.
  2. A county of Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Forms of shule

pluralshules

Origin of shule

From Mandarin 疏勒 (Shūlè).

Questions about shule

What does shule mean?
Shule means an ancient kingdom in the Taklamakan Desert, in what is now China.
What is shule the alternative form of?
Shule is the alternative form of shul.
What part of speech is shule?
Shule is a proper noun.

Words near shule in the dictionary

  1. Shulan
  2. shuld
  3. shuldari
  4. shuldaris
  5. shulde
  6. shule
  7. shuler
  8. shulers
  9. shules
  10. Shulgin
  11. Shulgins

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shule (page history and authors); Shule (page history and authors); shul (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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