meetinghouse

noun

Definition of meetinghousenext
1
as in house

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2
as in chapel

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meetinghouse
  1. house
  2. chapel
  3. camp
  4. shrine
  5. hall
  6. cathedral
  7. mission
  8. abbey
Noun
  • The house is in full expansion mode, said Elie Saab Jr, vice chairman and CEO of the Elie Saab Group.
    — Tina Isaac-Goizé, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Fall summons the urge to nest, and as temperatures drop, so does the desire to leave the house.
    — Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of house
Noun
  • The complaint also alleges that the entire funeral home space, including the chapel and viewing rooms, was constructed without plans or permits.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
  • From 1937 to 1939, the muralist José Clemente Orozco filled the Hospicio's central chapel with 57 frescoes that trace Mexico's history from colonial savagery through the brutalizing hope of industrialization.
    — Michael Snyder, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of chapel
Noun
  • Otherwise, the Ravens filled 14 of their 17 practice squad spots with players who were on the team during training camp.
    — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The firefighters made camp at two in the morning, reclining on the pillowy grass, and ate dinner around a flickering campfire.
    — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
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  • The area behind the prime minister's house is the Bari Imam shrine and its surrounding neighborhoods.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Original proposals placed the Grand Mosque near Les Invalides, a set of buildings that serve as a shrine to France’s military heroes.
    — Shannon Fogg, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of shrine
Noun
  • Community members gathered for the town hall Monday night to hear from former employees, community leaders and the president and CEO of Insight, who spoke about his hopes for the now-shuttered West Suburban and Weiss Memorial hospitals.
    — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The grand prize includes the ultimate Front Yard Beer Hall experience with the larger 15-foot-tall inflatable beer hall, an inflatable bar counter and furniture, plus Octoberfest hats, t-shirts and koozies.
    — Mike Snider, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of hall
Noun
  • Ten churches, including the city’s main cathedral, were damaged, according to Italy’s fire brigade, which responded to more than 500 emergency calls within hours.
    — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The $4 billion white steel, glass, and marble design by the Spanish Swiss architect Santiago Calatrava — alternately compared to a cathedral and a whale carcass — looks and feels like nothing else on the planet, much less a mall.
    — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of cathedral
Noun
  • Shore leave spending boosts the local economy, and mission duties often include community outreach in and around the city, about 60 miles southeast of Bangkok.
    — Grant Peck, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Sustainability is at the core of Mertz’s restaurant’s mission.
    — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of mission
Noun
  • The Abbazia di San Fruttuoso, a 10th-century abbey complex owned for centuries by the Dorias, a powerful Genoa family, dominates the cove setting.
    — Catherine Sabino, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Robert de Molesme founded the Cistercian order at an abbey some 20 miles away from Meursault, the small village where the new hotel is located, in 1098.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2026
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