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This type is for categories of different kinds of place of worship. Distinctions can be based on religion (e.g. Mormon temple vs. Hindu temple) or on various other criteria within religions (e.g. Cathedral vs. Basilica in Roman Catholicism).
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| x Bahá'í House of Worship |
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Bahá'í Faith | Bahá'í House of Worship |
A Bahá'í House of Worship, sometimes referred to by its Arabic name of Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (Arabic: مشرق اﻻذكار, "Dawning-place of the remembrances of God"), is the designation of a place of worship, or temple, of the Bahá'í Faith. The teachings of...
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| x Gurdwara |
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Sikh Gurdwara Sahib Sacramento |
A gurdwara (Punjabi: ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ, gurduārā or , gurdwārā), meaning the Gateway to the Guru, is the place of worship for Sikhs, the followers of Sikhism. A gurdwara can be identified from a distance by tall flagpoles bearing the Nishan Sahib, the Sikh...
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| Sikh Gurdwara Selma | ||||
| Sri Guru Nanak Sikh Temple Yuba City | ||||
| Shri Guru Ravidass Sabha Pittsburg | ||||
| Gurdwara Sahib of San Jose | ||||
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| x Jinja |
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Shinto | Izumo Taisha |
A Shinto shrine is a structure whose main purpose is to house ("enshrine") one or more Shinto kami. (Its most important building is used for the safekeeping of sacred objects, and not for worship). Although only one word ("shrine") is used in...
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| Ise Shrine | ||||
| x Hindu temple |
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Hinduism | Prambanan |
A Mandir, Devalayam, Devasthanam, or a Hindu temple is a place of worship for followers of Hinduism. A characteristic of most temples is the presence of murtis (statues) of the Hindu deity to whom the temple is dedicated. They are usually dedicated...
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| Candi Sukuh | ||||
| Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple | ||||
| Pashupatinath temple | ||||
| Sri Mariamman Temple | ||||
| x Mosque |
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Sunni Islam | Hagia Sophia |
A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. The word entered English from a French word which probably derived from Italian moschea, a variant of Italian moscheta, from either Armenian mzkiṭ or Greek μασγίδιον, from Arabic masjid, meaning...
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| Islam | Hassan II Mosque | |||
| Koutoubia Mosque | ||||
| Tinmel | ||||
| Babri Mosque | ||||
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| x Pathi |
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Ayyavazhi | Ambalappathi |
Pathi (Tamil :பதி - "The place where God is") is the name of the primary centres of congregational worship for the South Indian religious system of Ayyavazhi, having a relatively large structure like that of a temple. They are seven in number.
The...
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| x Synagogue |
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Judaism | Hurva Synagogue |
A synagogue (from Greek: συναγωγή transliterated synagogē, meaning "assembly") is a Jewish or Samaritan house of prayer. This use of the Greek term synagogue originates in the Septuagint where it sometimes translates the Hebrew word for assembly,...
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| Birobidzhan Synagogue | ||||
| Old Synagogue | ||||
| Paradesi Synagogue | ||||
| New Synagogue, Berlin | ||||
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| x Daoguan | ||||
| x Greek temple |
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Greek temples (Ancient Greek: ὁ ναός, ho naós "dwelling", semantically distinct from Latin templum "temple") were structures built to house deity statues within Greek sanctuaries in Greek paganism. The temples themselves did usually not directly...
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| x Wat |
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Buddhism | Wat Phumin |
A wat (derived from the [Pāli] word vatthu-ārāma) is a monastery temple in Cambodia, Thailand, or Laos. The word "wat" (Khmer: វត្ត, Thai: วัด, sometimes rendered "vat" when referring to Laos) means "school".
Strictly speaking a wat is a Buddhist...
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| Angkor Wat | ||||
| Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh | ||||
| Wat Phnom | ||||
| Pha That Luang | ||||
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| x Friends meeting house |
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Upper Dublin Friends Meeting House |
A Friends meeting house is a meeting house of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), where meeting for worship may be held.
Quakers do not believe that meeting for worship should take place in any special place. They believe that "where two or...
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| Amesbury Friends Meeting House | ||||
| Benjaminville Friends Meeting House | ||||
| Briggflatts Meeting House | ||||
| Leicester Friends Meeting House | ||||
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| x Chapel |
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Roman Catholicism | Thorncrown Chapel |
A chapel is a religious place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, synagogue, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an...
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| The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Brancacci Chapel | |||
| Contarelli Chapel | ||||
| Duke Chapel | ||||
| Eton College Chapel, Eton | ||||
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| x Cathedral |
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Roman Catholicism | Kuopio Cathedral |
A cathedral (French cathédrale from Lat. cathedra, "seat" from the Greek kathedra (καθέδρα), seat, bench, from kata "down" + hedra seat, base, chair) is a Christian church which contains the seat of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a...
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| St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne | ||||
| St Paul's Cathedral | ||||
| St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney | ||||
| St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh | ||||
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| x Basilica |
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Roman Catholicism | Hagia Sophia |
The Latin word basilica (derived from Greek, βασιλική στοά, Royal Stoa, the tribunal chamber of a king), was originally used to describe a Roman public building, usually located in the forum of a Roman town. Public basilicas began to appear in...
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| Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception | ||||
| St. Peter's Basilica | ||||
| Basilica of St. John Lateran | ||||
| Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls | ||||
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| x Orthodox church |
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Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Tallinn |
An Orthodox church as a church building of Eastern Orthodoxy has a distinct, recognizable style among church architectures.
While sharing many traditions, East and West in Christianity began to diverge from each other from an early date. Whereas the...
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| x Kirk |
Kirk can mean "church" in general or the Church of Scotland in particular. Many place names and personal names are also derived from it.
As a common noun, kirk (meaning 'church') is found in Scots, Scottish English and historically in some English...
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| x Derasar |
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Jainism |
A Jain temple is the place of worship for Jains, the followers of Jainism,
Derasar is a word used for a Jain temple in Gujarat, Kutch and parts of Rajasthan.
Basadi (also basti) is a Jain shrine or temple. The word is generally used in South India,...
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| x Fire temple |
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A fire temple in Zoroastrianism is the place of worship for Zoroastrians. Zoroastrians revere fire in any form. In the Zoroastrian religion, fire (see Atar), together with clean water (see Aban), are agents of ritual purity. Clean, white "ash for...
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| x Christian Church |
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Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church |
The word church is used to denote both an association of people with a common set of religious beliefs, and a place of worship. The word is usually, but not exclusively, associated with Christianity.
The English language word "church" developed...
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| Westminster Abbey | ||||
| Careforce Church | ||||
| CityLife Church | ||||
| Paradise Community Church | ||||
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| x Latter Day Saints Temple |
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Mormonism | Salt Lake Temple |
In the Latter Day Saint movement, a temple is a building dedicated to be a house of God and is reserved for special forms of worship. A temple differs from a church meetinghouse, which is used for weekly worship services. Temples have been a...
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| The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | London England Temple | |||
| St. George Utah Temple | ||||
| Preston England Temple | ||||
| Washington D.C. Temple | ||||
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| x Shrine |
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Maratreanism | Shrine of St. Anthony |
A shrine (Latin: scrinium "case or chest for books or papers"; Old French: escrin "box or case") is a holy or sacred place, which is dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, daemon or similar figure of awe and respect, at which...
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| Chokaisan Omonoimi Shrine | ||||
| Kashima Miko Shrine | ||||
| Kumano Shrine | ||||
| Washikura Shrine | ||||
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| x Temple |
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Maratreanism | Sinheungsa |
A temple (from the Latin word templum) is a structure reserved for religious or spiritual activities, such as prayer and sacrifice, or analogous rites. A templum constituted a sacred precinct as defined by a priest, or augur. It has the same root as...
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| Htilominlo Temple | ||||
| Muktinath | ||||
| Byodo-In Temple | ||||
| Putuo Zongcheng Temple | ||||
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| x Roman temple |
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Roman mythology | Pantheon |
Ancient Roman temples are among the most visible archaeological remains of Roman culture, and are a significant source for Roman architecture. Their construction and maintenance was a major part of ancient Roman religion. The main room (cella)...
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| Temple of Apollo Sosianus | ||||
| Temple of Bellona | ||||
| Temple of Caesar | ||||
| Temple of Castor and Pollux | ||||
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| x Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses |
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Jehovah's Witnesses | Zwolle - Kingdom Hall |
A Kingdom Hall is a place of worship used by Jehovah's Witnesses. The term was first suggested in 1935 by Joseph Franklin Rutherford, then president of the Watch Tower Society, for a building in Hawaii. Rutherford's reasoning was that these...
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| Aibonito - Kingdom Hall | ||||
| Alamogordo - Kingdom Hall | ||||
| Albuquerque - Kingdom Hall | ||||
| Alcabideche, Cascais - Kingdom Hall | ||||
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| x Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses | Jehovah's Witnesses | Yuba City - Assembly Hall | ||
| Ajalvir, Madrid - Assembly Hall | ||||
| Arapongas - Assembly Hall | ||||
| Belleville - Assembly Hall | ||||
| Benidorm - Assembly Hall | ||||
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| x Bethel Home | Jehovah's Witnesses | Zimbabwe - Bethel Home | ||
| Albania - Bethel Home | ||||
| Angola - Bethel Home | ||||
| Australia - Bethel Home | ||||
| Barbados - Bethel Home | ||||
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| x Abbey |
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Christianity | Waverley Abbey |
An abbey (from Latin abbatia, derived from Latin language abbatia, from Latin abbās, derived from Aramaic language abba, "father") is a Catholic monastery or convent, under the authority of an Abbot or an Abbess, who serves as the spiritual father...
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| Dryburgh Abbey | ||||
| x Monastery |
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Valaam Monastery |
Monastery (plural: monasteries) denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer (e.g. an oratory) as well as the domestic quarters and workplace(s) of monastics, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in...
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| Calke Abbey | ||||
| Tassajara Zen Mountain Center | ||||
| Kagyu Samyé Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre | ||||
| Deer Park Monastery | ||||
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| x Megachurch |
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Crystal Cathedral |
A megachurch is a church having 2,000 or more in average weekend attendance. The Hartford Institute's database lists more than 1,300 such Protestant churches in the United States. According to that data, approximately 50 churches on the list have...
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| x Meeting house |
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Round Church |
A meeting house describes a building where a public meeting takes place. This includes secular buildings which function like a town or city hall, and buildings used for religious meetings, particularly of some non-conformist Christian denominations....
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| LDS Stake Centers | ||||
| x Bodaiji |
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Buddhism | Tōshō-ji |
A bodaiji (菩提寺, lit. "bodhi temple"), in Japanese Buddhism is a temple which, generation after generation, takes care of a family's dead giving them burial and performing ceremonies in their soul's favor. The name is because in Japan the term bodai ...
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| Zuisen-ji | ||||
| x Minster |
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Bonn Minster |
Minster is a honorific title given to particular churches in England, most famously York Minster. The term minster is first found in royal foundation charters of the 7th century; and, although it corresponds to the Latin monasterium or monastery, it...
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Roman Catholicism | Anglican Church of St. John the Evangelist |
In the Christian religion, a church is a building or structure to facilitate the meeting of its members. Originally, Jewish Christians met in synagogues, such as the Cenacle, and in one another's homes, known as house churches. As Christianity grew...
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| Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church | ||||
| Centretown United Church | ||||
| Christ Church Cathedral | ||||
| Dominion-Chalmers United Church | ||||
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| x Stupa |
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Buddhism | Bodnath |
A stupa (from Sanskrit: m., स्तूप, stūpa, Sinhalese: ස්ථූපය, Pāli: थुप "thūpa", literally meaning "heap") is a mound-like structure containing Buddhist relics, typically the remains of Buddha, used by Buddhists as a place of worship. After "stupa", ...
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| x Titulus |
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Roman Catholicism | Sant'Agnese fuori le mura |
A titular church or titulus is a church in Rome assigned or assignable to one of the cardinal priests.
Originally, these were basilicas under the direction of a permanently appointed presbyter and corresponding to what would now be called parish...
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| Sant'Agostino | ||||
| San Carlo al Corso | ||||
| Santa Anastasia | ||||
| Sant'Andrea al Quirinale | ||||
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| x Commissioners' church |
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All Souls Church, Langham Place |
A Commissioners' church is an Anglican church in the United Kingdom built with money voted by Parliament as a result of the Church Building Act of 1818 and 1824. They have been given a number of titles, including Commissioners' churches, Waterloo...
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| Erdington Parish Church | ||||
| Holy Trinity Church, Blackburn | ||||
| Christ Church, Bradford-on-Avon | ||||
| St George, Brandon Hill | ||||
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| x Spirit house |
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A spirit house (Burmese: နတ်စင် or နတ်ကွန်း) or san phra phum (Thai: ศาลพระภูมิ) is a shrine to the protective spirit of a place that are found in the Southeast Asian countries of Burma, Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand. Most houses and businesses have...
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