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meetinghouse

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Definition of meetinghouse

as in house

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Recent Examples of meetinghouse Two people were killed, and six others were injured in a shooting outside a meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Wednesday night. — Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2026 The gunfire erupted in the parking lot of the Rose Park 5th Ward meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where mourners had gathered for a memorial service Wednesday night, the Salt Lake Tribune reported. — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026 The shooting took place in the parking lot of a meetinghouse of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the Mormon church. — Hannah Schoenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026 There was a separate service Tuesday evening at LDS’ Flint meetinghouse with David Bednar, a senior leader in the LDS Church who’s part of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, said Gary Geiger, a LDS member in metro Detroit who is a spokesman for the church in Michigan. — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for meetinghouse

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Noun

He was arrested in Baltimore in March 2025 after picking up his then-5-year-old son, who has autism and other disabilities, from his grandmother's house, according to court papers.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
The hotel’s most unusual feature is its feng shui Japanese Zen garden, complete with an azumaya (open tea house) and cascading waterfall.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026

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The hotel works with a local Franciscan friar from Ravello, Friar Marcus, to introduce interested guests to the chapel, or whisk them on tours of Ravello, his local parish (and the home of Villas Cimbrone and Rufolo).

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
About five minutes away, Dakasha Caulfield Leonard, 48, sat in the chapel of Scott’s Bluff Morticians, a nearly century-old fixture in the business community.

— Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of chapel

Noun

The Banyan Tree has taken over a site that includes an existing camp, the Ashar Tented Resort, and five Royal Villas, which are separate from the new property.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Johnson missed time in training camp for personal reasons before saying that this season would probably be his last.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of camp

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In Ghana, for instance, the ten shrines of the Asante Traditional Buildings are endangered as traditional stewardship by master craftspeople declines.

— News Desk, Artforum, 2 Oct. 2026
Paul Thomas Anderson has created a rhapsodic shrine to the man that is nonetheless ballad-sized in its emotional scale.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of shrine

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Across the hall, all-day restaurant Café Romano has a menu replete with local and regional delights like pizza mortadella (do not miss it) and myriad pastas as well as a good steak and fish of the day.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Conceived as an extension to a subterranean municipal facility, the structure houses exhibition halls, meeting rooms, and a planning bureau beneath petal-like volumes.

— Kieron Marchese, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of hall

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In the time since, the show has traveled to nearly 30 cathedrals across Europe and the Americas, selling just over 2 million tickets.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Originally built as a basilica, but turned into a mosque in 786 was, before being transformed again in 1236, this time into a cathedral.

— Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of cathedral

Noun

Those systems support modifications, upgrades and integration work around the aircraft’s mission architecture.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
The award is presented by the American Heart Association to celebrate excellence in coaching, honor Bryant’s legacy and to raise awareness and funds for its mission.

— PJ Green October 5, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of mission

Noun

The glee with which the abbey was dismantled reflected centuries of tension between the town authorities and the monks.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Marie painstakingly builds the abbey into a regional power center to which notables must pay their respects.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 16 Sep. 2026

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