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meetinghouse

noun

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as in house

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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

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Noun

Authorities wanted to close what some consider a legal loophole allowing cardrooms to offer blackjack and games in which players play against the house.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Bieber recently brought down the house at this year’s Coachella, playing both weekends as the headliner.

— Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026

Definition of house

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Lauer said the chapel offers Sunday Mass but not a full parish life.

— Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2026
Mary Ellen Brown, 68, stood in the back of the chapel and greeted those who walked inside, toward their usual pews, while Emily Lyons, almost 90, maneuvered her walker through the worn wooden doors.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

Definition of chapel

Noun

Photos of wallets, textiles, sports equipment, photos, jewelry, signs, flags, quilts, stuffies, toys and camp trunks filled the page as strangers banded together in the comments sections, tagging potential rightful owners or friends with any leads.

— Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Minnesota will descend on Las Vegas this week for NBA Summer League, with top draft picks and others simply fighting for a spot in an NBA training camp dueling it out over the course of a week-plus in Nevada.

— Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 6 July 2026

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Khamenei’s body will then be returned to Iran to be buried Thursday at the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, his birthplace.

— Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Khamenei’s casket was displayed Tuesday in Qom, the Iranian seat of religious scholarship, and Iranian officials have said funeral events will take place Wednesday in Iraq, which is home to two of the holiest shrines for Shiites.

— Garrett Haake, NBC news, 7 July 2026

Definition of shrine

Noun

The upper floor houses a food hall selling local specialties like lampredotto (tripe sandwiches) and schiacciata (a Tuscan flatbread).

— Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2026
Every song is big enough to fill a concert hall; every song is small enough to fit in a dorm room.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 7 July 2026

Definition of hall

Noun

The two nations will face each other in the cathedral to football, Estadio Azteca, more than 7,000 feet above sea level.

— Alex Connor, USA Today, 5 July 2026
In a carousel shared to Instagram, the star included a photo of herself walking through an old cathedral in a pale gray wedding dress embellished with flowers and birds and a long, floor-sweeping veil.

— Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026

Definition of cathedral

Noun

The Calabria governor confirmed that 63 Cuban doctors, some of them previously involved in Cuba’s international medical mission, recently applied to work in its healthcare system independently.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
Demand is climbing, with Electron flying a record 21 missions in 2025 at 100% success, up from 16 the year before.

— Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026

Definition of mission

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To reach the abbey, visitors must climb the town’s famous 199 steps that rise along the cliff.

— Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2026
Unfortunately, the abbey fell into a state of disrepair for many years until Philippe Pascal and his family acquired the property in 2004 and upgraded not just the estate but the entire region’s standing.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 17 June 2026

Definition of abbey

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