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Definition of Place of worship

1. Noun. Any building where congregations gather for prayer.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Place Of Worship

Literary usage of Place of worship

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law Reports by James Redfoord Bulwer (1872)
"... he may be properly said t" have been going to his "usual place" of worship on the Sunday in question, because it was his duty to go there under the ..."

2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1870)
"The first place of worship of the church, as already described, was under the " Charlestown Oak," that grew upon this hill, and the second was the " Great ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... or mode of worship; and no man shall be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry, against his consent. ..."

4. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"... compelled to attend any place of worship, to contribute to the erection or maintenance of any such place, or to the salary or support of any minister or ..."

5. Theology of the Old Testament by Gustav Friedrich Oehler, George Edward Day (1883)
"But to the place of worship was attached, without express teaching, the knowledge of the God who shows Himself there asa present God, Ex. xxix. ..."

6. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"iA "place of worship," within Const, art 1, Í 18, cl. 2, declaring that no man shall be compelled to erect or support any place of worship, is "any place or ..."

7. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"Church has several meanings, (i) The root-meaning: a place of worship, a building. (2) A local congregation. (3) An organization of local congregations, ..."

8. The Law Reports by James Redfoord Bulwer (1872)
"... he may be properly said t" have been going to his "usual place" of worship on the Sunday in question, because it was his duty to go there under the ..."

9. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1870)
"The first place of worship of the church, as already described, was under the " Charlestown Oak," that grew upon this hill, and the second was the " Great ..."

10. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... or mode of worship; and no man shall be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry, against his consent. ..."

11. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"... compelled to attend any place of worship, to contribute to the erection or maintenance of any such place, or to the salary or support of any minister or ..."

12. Theology of the Old Testament by Gustav Friedrich Oehler, George Edward Day (1883)
"But to the place of worship was attached, without express teaching, the knowledge of the God who shows Himself there asa present God, Ex. xxix. ..."

13. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"iA "place of worship," within Const, art 1, Í 18, cl. 2, declaring that no man shall be compelled to erect or support any place of worship, is "any place or ..."

14. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"Church has several meanings, (i) The root-meaning: a place of worship, a building. (2) A local congregation. (3) An organization of local congregations, ..."

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