place of worship

English

Etymology

From Middle English place of worship, place of wurschip.

Noun

place of worship (plural places of worship)

1. A place, usually a building such as a church, mosque, synagogue or temple where believers can practise their faith.

   Synonyms: house of worship; see also Thesaurus:temple

   Hyponyms: church, cathedral, chapel, mosque, synagogue, temple; see also Thesaurus:temple

Hyponyms

• church
• mosque
• synagogue

Translations

place where people can practise their faith

• Afrikaans: aanbiddingsplek
• Arabic: مَعْبَد m (maʕbad)
• Aramaic: 𐡌𐡎𐡂𐡃𐡀 m (msgdʾ)
• Catalan: lloc de culte m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 宗教場所／宗教场所 (zōngjiào chǎngsuǒ)

• Danish: gudshus n
• Dutch: gebedshuis (nl) n, godshuis (nl) n, bedehuis (nl) n, cultusplaats f
• Esperanto: preĝejo, adorejo
• Finnish: palvontapaikka
• French: lieu de culte (fr) m
• Hebrew: מקום פולחן / מְקוֹם פֻּלְחָן m
• Indonesian: tempat ibadah, rumah ibadah
• Irish: ionad adhartha m
• Italian: luogo di culto m
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Kapampangan: sambahan
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: tempat ibadah
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gudshus (no) n

  Nynorsk: gudshus n

• Polish: miejsce modlitwy n
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: lăcaș de cult n
• Russian: ку́льтовое сооруже́ние n (kúlʹtovoje sooružénije)
• Spanish: lugar de culto m
• Swahili: maabadi
• Tagalog: pook-sambahan
• Welsh: teml f