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noun
One who attends shul (“a synagogue”); a practising Jew.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism
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Synonyms: synagogue-goer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: temple-goer, believer, religionist, person, devotee, devotionalist, pietist, religioner, religitard
History
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.
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