religious organizations
Temples and congregations
Religious organizations are groups formed around shared spiritual beliefs and practices—churches, mosques, synagogues, temples, and similar institutions.
The term often appears in legal and tax contexts, where religious organizations receive special status: Religious organizations are exempt from property taxes in most states.
The phrase encompasses everything from small congregations to vast international bodies like the Catholic Church or Buddhist sanghas.
- cathedralBishop's principal church
- conventReligious sisters' dwelling
- chapelSmall worship room
- churchPlace of Christian worship
- house of worshipReligious service venue
worship · monastery · Catholicism · mosque · diocese · interfaith dialogue · parish · missionary work · Reform Judaism · Theravada Buddhism · Mahayana Buddhism · charity · soup kitchen · collection plate · denomination · congregation · Sikhism · clergy
- organizationsorganizations, company, companies, club, clubs
- Latin American immigrantsSalvadorans, Hondurans, Guatemalans, Nicaraguans, Costa Ricans
religious organizationscivic organizations
Groups promoting public welfare
commercial enterprises · government agencies · state institutions · governmental bodies · trade unions
religious organizationsprivate devotion
Personal religious observance
spiritual but not religious · personal faith · folk religion