Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany building where congregations gather for prayer
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishplace of worship
- Englishplace of worship
From Middle English place of worship, place of wurschip.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans aanbiddingsplek
- aanbiddingsplekplace where people can practise their faith
Arabic مَعْبَد
- مَعْبَد (maʕbad)place where people can practise their faith
Bulgarian молитвен дом
- молитвен дом (molitven dom)place where people can practise their faith
Catalan lloc de culte
- lloc de culteplace where people can practise their faith
Chinese Mandarin 宗教場所 /宗教场所
- 宗教場所 /宗教场所 (zōngjiào chǎngsuǒ)place where people can practise their faith
Danish gudshus
- gudshusplace where people can practise their faith
Dutch gebedshuis, godshuis
- gebedshuisplace where people can practise their faith
- godshuisplace where people can practise their faith
- bedehuisplace where people can practise their faith
- cultusplaatsplace where people can practise their faith
Esperanto preĝejo, adorejo
- preĝejoplace where people can practise their faith
- adorejoplace where people can practise their faith
Finnish palvontapaikka
- palvontapaikkaplace where people can practise their faith
French lieu de culte
- lieu de culteplace where people can practise their faith
Hebrew מקום פולחן m/מְקוֹם פֻּלְחָן
- מקום פולחן m/מְקוֹם פֻּלְחָןplace where people can practise their faith
Indonesian tempat ibadah, rumah ibadah
- tempat ibadahplace where people can practise their faith
- rumah ibadahplace where people can practise their faith
Irish ionad adhartha
- ionad adharthaplace where people can practise their faith
Italian luogo di culto
- luogo di cultoplace where people can practise their faith
Malay tempat ibadah
- tempat ibadahplace where people can practise their faith
Norwegian Bokmål gudshus
- gudshusplace where people can practise their faith
Persian نیایشگاه, معبد
- نیایشگاه (niyâyešgâh)place where people can practise their faith
- معبد (ma'bad)place where people can practise their faith
Polish miejsce modlitwy, świątynia
- miejsce modlitwyplace where people can practise their faith
- świątyniaplace where people can practise their faith
Romanian lăcaș de cult
- lăcaș de cultplace where people can practise their faith
Russian ку́льтовое сооруже́ние
- ку́льтовое сооруже́ние (kúlʹtovoje sooružénije)place where people can practise their faith
Spanish lugar de culto
- lugar de cultoplace where people can practise their faith
Swahili maabadi
- maabadiplace where people can practise their faith
Tagalog pook-sambahan
- pook-sambahanplace where people can practise their faith
Thai ศาสนสถาน
- ศาสนสถาน (sǎa-sà-ná-sà-tǎan)place where people can practise their faith
Turkish ibadethane, mabet
- ibadethaneplace where people can practise their faith
- mabetplace where people can practise their faith
- tapınakplace where people can practise their faith
Urdu عبادت گاہ, معبد
- عبادت گاہ (ibādat-gāh)place where people can practise their faith
- معبد (ma'bad)place where people can practise their faith
- عبادت خانہ (ibādat-xāna)place where people can practise their faith
- عبادت کدہ (ibādat-kada)place where people can practise their faith
Welsh teml
- temlplace where people can practise their faith
Cite this entry
APA
place of worship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/place%20of%20worship
MLA
“place of worship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/place%20of%20worship. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “place of worship,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/place%20of%20worship.
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