| Main Entry: | chapel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | church room |
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bethel, chantry, church, oratory, sanctuary, shrine, tabernacle, vestry |
| Main Entry: | church |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | religious institution, building |
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Lord's house, abbey, basilica, bethel, cathedral, chancel, chantry, chapel, fold, house of God, house of prayer, house of worship, minster, mission, mosque, oratory, parish, sacellum, sanctuary, shrine, synagogue, tabernacle, temple |
| Main Entry: | mosque |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temple |
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cathedral, chapel, church, holy place, house of God, house of worship, masjid, place of worship, sanctuary, shrine, synagogue, tabernacle |
| Main Entry: | shrine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tribute to a god, idol, or spirit |
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altar, chapel, church, enshrinement, grave, hallowed place, holy place, mausoleum, reliquary, sacred place, sanctorium, sanctuary, sanctum, sepulcher, temple |
| Main Entry: | synagogue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | church |
Synonyms: |
abbey, cathedral, chapel, house of God, house of prayer, house of worship, mosque, parish, shrine, shul, tabernacle, temple |
| Main Entry: | temple |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | house of worship |
Synonyms: |
cathedral, chapel, church, holy place, house, house of God, house of prayer, mosque, pagoda, pantheon, place of worship, sanctuary, shrine, synagogue, tabernacle |
| Main Entry: | worship |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | honoring, glorification |
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adoration, adulation, awe, beatification, benediction, chapel, church service, deification, devotion, exaltation, genuflection, glory, homage, honor, idolatry, idolization, invocation, laudation, love, offering, praise, prayer, prostration, regard, respect, reverence, rite, ritual, service, supplication, veneration, vespers |
| Main Entry: | church |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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abbatial, abbatical, antinomian, apostolic, apostolical, archiepiscopal, autocephalous, biblical, canonical, capitular, clerical, conventual, denominational, ecclesiastical, ecclesiological, ecumenical, episcopal, episcopalian, evangelical, evangelistic, hierarchical, hieratic, his eminence, his grace, his holiness, homiletic, in orders, inspired, kaaba, kerygmatic, laical, latitudinarian, lay, litaneutical, ministerial, monachal, monasterial, monastic, monkish, ordained, papable, papal, paparchical, pastoral, pontifical, prelatical, presbyterian, priest, priestly, prophetic, religious, sacerdotal, sacred, scriptural, sectarian, secular, supralapsarian, sybilline, syncretic, syncretical, temporal, textuary, the reverend, the right reverend, the very reverend, theandric, theocentric, theochristic, theocratic, theological, theopneust, theopneustic, trayf, ultramontane, unhouselled, vatic
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| Concept: | Worship. |
| Category: | 4. Acts of religion |
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-nouns
worship, adoration, devotion, aspiration, homage, service, humiliation; kneeling, genuflection, prostration., prayer, invocation, supplication, rogation, intercession, orison, holy breathing; petition (request); collect, litany, Lord's prayer, paternoster; beadroll; latria, dulia, hyperdulia, vigils; revival; cult; anxious meeting, camp meeting; ebenezer, virginal., thanksgiving; giving thanks, returning thanks; grace, praise, glorification, benediction, doxology, hosanna; hallelujah, allelujah; Te Deum, non nobis Domine, nunc dimittis; paean; benschen; Ave Maria, O Salutaris, Sanctus, The Annunciation, Tersanctus, Trisagion., psalm, psalmody; hymn, plain song, chant, chaunt, response, anthem, motet; antiphon, antiphony., oblation, sacrifice, incense, libation; burnt offering, heave offering, votive offering; offertory., discipline; self-discipline, self-examination, self-denial; fasting., divine service, office, duty; exercises; morning prayer; mass, matins, evensong, vespers; undernsong, tierce; holyday (rites)., worshipper, congregation, communicant, celebrant.
-verbs
worship, lift up the heart, aspire; revere; adore, do service, pay homage; humble oneself, kneel; bow the knee, bend the knee; fall down, fall on one's knees; prostrate oneself, bow down and worship., pray, invoke, supplicate; put up, offer up prayers, offer petitions; beseech (ask); say one's prayers, tell one's beads., return thanks, give thanks; say grace, bless, praise, laud, glorify, magnify, sing praises; give benediction, lead the choir, intone; deacon, deacon off [U.S.], propitiate, offer sacrifice, fast, deny oneself; vow, offer vows, give alms,, work out one's salvation; go to church; attend service, attend mass; communicate (rite).
-adjectives
worshipping; devout, devotional, reverent, pure, solemn; fervid (heartfelt).
-phrases
"making their lives a prayer" [Whitter]; ora et labora; "prayers ardent open heaven" [Young].
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| Concept: | Temple. |
| Category: | 5. Religious institutions |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
place of worship; house of God, house of prayer., temple, cathedral, minster, church, kirk, chapel, meetinghouse, bethel, tabernacle, conventicle, basilica, fane, holy place, chantry, oratory., synagogue; mosque; marabout; pantheon; pagoda; joss house; dogobah, tope; kiosk; kiack, masjid., parsonage, rectory, vicarage, manse, deanery, glebe; Vatican; bishop's palace; Lambeth., altar, shrine, sanctuary, Holy of Holies, sanctum sanctorum, sacristy; sacrarium; communion table, holy table, Lord's table; table of the Lord; pyx; baptistery, font; piscina, stoup; aumbry; sedile; reredos; roodloft, roodscreen., chancel, quire, choir, nave, aisle, transept, vestry, crypt, golgotha, calvary, Easter sepulcher; stall, pew; pulpit, ambo, lectern, reading desk, confessional, prothesis, credence, baldachin, baldacchino; apse, belfry; chapter house; presbytery; anxious-bench, anxious-seat; diaconicum, jube; mourner's bench, mourner's seat., cloisters, churchyard., monastery, priory, abbey, friary, convent, nunnery, cloister.
-adjectives
claustral, cloistered; monastic, monasterial; conventual.
-phrases
ne vile fano; "there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple" [tempest].
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