| NOUN | artifact | house of worship, place of worship, house of prayer, house of God | any building where congregations gather for prayer |
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| Meaning | Any building where congregations gather for prayer. | |
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| Synonyms | place of worship, house of prayer, house of God | |
| Narrower | bethel | A house of worship (especially one for sailors / sailors) |
| chapel | A place of worship that has its own altar | |
| church, church building | A place for public (especially Christian) worship | |
| conventicle, meetinghouse | A building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers) | |
| masjid, musjid | (Islam) a Muslim place of worship | |
| mosque | (Islam) a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret | |
| shrine | A place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person | |
| synagogue, temple, tabernacle | (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation | |
| temple | place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity | |
| Broader | building, edifice | A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place |
| Spanish | templo | |
| Catalan | temple | |
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