English > place of worship: 1 sense > noun 1, artifactMeaning | Any building where congregations gather for prayer. |
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Synonyms | house of prayer, house of God, house of worship |
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Narrower | bethel | A house of worship (especially one for sailors / sailors) |
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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 |
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Spanish | templo |
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Catalan | temple |
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