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chapel

noun

Definition of chapel

as in cathedral

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Recent Examples of chapel Iti’s chapel features a traditional false door and offering scenes, though much of this decoration has been lost. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 8 Sep. 2026 Still shellshocked, Anna drifts down a long corridor lit like a surreally unsettling dream to visit the medical facility’s chapel. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026 The complaint also alleges that the entire funeral home space, including the chapel and viewing rooms, was constructed without plans or permits. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026 Thousands laughed when it was shown at a semester-end chapel. — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for chapel

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Noun

Originally a Byzantine cathedral before becoming an Ottoman mosque and now an active place of worship once more, its vast marble interior, soaring dome and shimmering gold mosaics still inspire awe nearly 1,500 years after it was built.

— Vicki Power, TheWeek, 14 Sep. 2026
Inside the cathedral’s nave, the mummified hand of St Stephen, displayed in an ornate replica of the building, was a fascinating discovery.

— Lucy Handley, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026

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Plastic water bottles pile up at shrines to Difunta Correa, who legend says miraculously nursed her infant son after dying of thirst in the desert.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
In parks and on streetcorners, impromptu shrines gave faces and names to almost 3,000 lives lost.

— Robert W. Snyder, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026

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The abbey connection would take 10 to 15 years to implement, the report states.

— Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
The Abbazia di San Fruttuoso, a 10th-century abbey complex owned for centuries by the Dorias, a powerful Genoa family, dominates the cove setting.

— Catherine Sabino, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of abbey

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And a 26-year-old naturalist named Charles Darwin arrived aboard the British Royal Navy ship HMS Beagle, which had sailed from England nearly four years earlier on a mission to chart South America.

— Michele Metych Britannica Editors Sep. 14, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Sep. 2026
For the past four years, the Kremlin’s mission has been to convince Russians that the war is anything but an emergency.

— MICHAEL KIMMAGE, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026

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Also dated to the 1st century, the 10-square-meter (108-square-foot) fresco is as detailed as the mosaic, with scenes depicting a walled city, with a port entrance gate, roads, a theater and a temple.

— Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
Elsewhere in the chamber archaeologists found a fresco showing a bird’s-eye view of another Roman town with a theater, a temple, and residences.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of temple

Noun

Those who make the pilgrimage to Temple Square will encounter a host of other attractions and activities, including new exhibits, live concerts and video projections on the ceiling of the tabernacle.

— Brandon Griggs, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Built in 1892, the gospel tabernacle once was home to the Grand Ole Opry radio show from 1943 to 1974.

— USA TODAY Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026

Definition of tabernacle

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