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shulgoer

Syllables: shul·goer/ˈʃuːlˌɡəʊə/US/ˈʃulˌɡoʊəɹ/

shulgoer noun: one who attends shul (“a synagogue”); a practising Jew.

shulgoer: one who attends shul (“a synagogue”); a practising Jew
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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
    • He knew that some of his congregants, especially the regular Shulgoers (Synagogue worshipers), would not buy their meat from the local non-Jewish butcher, and came instead to Stern.2003, Yanky Fachler, “Hadassa Wine Company and Luton Kosher Foods”, in The Vow: Rebuilding the Fachler Tribe after the Holocaust […], [Dublin]: TAF Publishing, published 2010, →ISBN, page 224
    Synonyms:
    synagogue-goer

Synonyms of shulgoer

Forms of shulgoer

pluralshulgoers
alternative formshul-goer

Origin of shulgoer

From shul (“Ashkenazi synagogue”) + goer. Shul is borrowed from Yiddish שול (shul, “school; synagogue”), from Old High German scuola (“school”), from Latin schola (“school”), from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “place for giving lectures, lecture hall, school”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to overpower; to take hold of”). Piecewise doublet of schoolgoer.

Questions about shulgoer

What does shulgoer mean?
Shulgoer means one who attends shul (“a synagogue”); a practising Jew.
What part of speech is shulgoer?
Shulgoer is a noun.
How do you pronounce shulgoer?
Shulgoer is pronounced /ˈʃuːlˌɡəʊə/ (UK).
What is the plural of shulgoer?
The plural of shulgoer is shulgoers.

Words near shulgoer in the dictionary

  1. shuler
  2. shulers
  3. shules
  4. Shulgin
  5. Shulgins
  6. shulgoer
  7. shulgoers
  8. Shuli
  9. Shulin
  10. Shulkin
  11. Shull

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