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HOUSE OF PRAYER
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any building where congregations gather for prayer
Synonyms:
house of God; house of prayer; house of worship; place of worship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("house of prayer" is a kind of...):
building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "house of prayer"):
bethel (a house of worship (especially one for 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; tabernacle; temple ((Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation)
temple (place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity)
