places of worship

Where congregations gather

Places of worship are buildings or spaces dedicated to religious observance—churches, mosques, synagogues, temples, and similar structures where believers gather for prayer, ritual, and community.

The phrase is deliberately inclusive, used when speaking of multiple faiths or in contexts requiring religious neutrality: The city issued permits for three new places of worship.

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pagoda · oracle · synagogue · meeting house · monastery · abbey · sacred architecture · cathedral · sacred grove · prayer hall · prayer room · mandir · shrine · nave · high altar · sanctuary · sacred space · holy site

Opposites
sacred vs. secular function

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Wagering establishments

commercial buildings · office buildings · shopping malls · government buildings · factories

reverence vs. irreverence/vice

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Places of vice

brothels · opium dens · crack houses · strip clubs · houses of ill repute

communal spiritual gathering vs. isolation/dispersion

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Scenes of apocalyptic devastation

wastelands · abandoned buildings · ruins

Family

place, places, placed, placing, placement, placements, displace, displaced, displacement

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