religious house
Americannoun
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What was it like being raised in a devoutly religious house?
From The Guardian ● Oct. 6, 2019
The Monastery: Mr Vig and the NunAn award winning Danish documentary about an eccentric millionaire looking to establish a religious house in his castle.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 25, 2013
"There is a great amount of grief that a religious house of worship is being destroyed," said Amardeep Singh, director of programs at the National Sikh Coalition, a civil-rights organization.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2010
But a church, mosque or synagogue gives prayer scale, grace and a heightened sense of spirituality because of the aura of sacred ritual deemed appropriate within the religious house.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It was consequently at once a religious house and a military post.
From Cornwall by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
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