house of prayer

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Noun

house of prayer - any building where congregations gather for prayer

house of God, house of worship, place of worship

bethel - a house of worship (especially one for sailors)

building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"

chapel - a place of worship that has its own altar

church building, church - a place for public (especially Christian) worship; "the church was empty"

meetinghouse, conventicle - 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

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His house was the house of prayer. He prayed morning, noon, and night.

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On their path through the leafless woods they were overtaken by many persons of their acquaintance, all of whom avoided them, and passed by on the other side; but a severer trial awaited their constancy when they had descended the hill, and drew near the pine-built and undecorated house of prayer. Around the door, from which the drummer still sent forth his thundering summons, was drawn up a formidable phalanx, including several of the oldest members of the congregation, many of the middle aged, and nearly all the younger males.

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Gabriel House of Prayer), Ilupeju-Lagos, tagged: Audacity of Praise.

When Tope Alabi, Tosin Bee, others thrilled at AOP

at New Jerusalem House of Prayer, 100 Wycliffe Drive, West Chicago, easily accessible from Route 59 off Joliet Street, about 3 miles north of Route 88.

Ancient Bible scrolls to go on exhibit in West Chicago

Then he taught them saying, "Is it not written: 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples'?

Jesus curses a fig tree

A House of Prayer for All People: Contesting Citizenship in a Queer Church

The controversial House of Prayer in Achill, Co Mayo, was established in 1993 arising out of the Marian visions witnessed by Christina Gallagher, the first of which took place in 1988.

Book earns Marian visions woman [euro]100k

Faller said 'Noah's Ark,' a house of prayer for guests who do not want to go to the main church, was fully booked for Holy Week.

'Healing priest' asks Duterte to join peace prayers

This week, it's also the site of a modern-day Jerusalem miracle: a communal house of prayer, called "AmenA House of Prayer for All Believers," for Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike.

In Jerusalem, a Prayer Space for All-for One Week

Lynn, executive director of Americans United, "Although the House of Prayer has a right, like all other residents on the street, to voice its opinion on the placement of the bike lane, it does not have veto power over the District's transportation decisions just because it is a church."