as in church
a building for public worship and especially Christian worship
left Edinburgh early in the morning for St. John's Kirk in Perth
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The liberal justices on the court sought to defend the country’s separation between church and state, which has previously not allowed public funding for religious charter schools.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
1 May 2025 -
In 1840, the church opened the first of an eventual fifteen liberal arts colleges, all free-thinking, abolitionist, and dedicated to educating men and women on an equal basis.—
Richard D. Mahoney,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Apr. 2025
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In those two pews, America’s civic religion shows itself, with Biden and Trump clearly sitting on different sides of the chapel.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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On Monday evening, Farrell will preside over the ritual of certification of Francis’s death, including the laying of his body in a coffin in the chapel of the Vatican guesthouse where Francis lived.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
21 Apr. 2025
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At the heart of it all was Sunday’s parade, where crowds marched, danced and splashed through the neighborhood streets, turning the temple grounds into a swirling festival of color, music and tradition.—
Christopher Torres,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Apr. 2025
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Make sure to use just a dot of the blush and highlighter (liquid formulas tend to be much more pigmented than powder or cream formulas) and really blend the product out—Canfield blends out all the way up to her temple for a draped look.—
Ariana Yaptangco,
Glamour,
25 Apr. 2025
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Francis and Fernández de Kirchner were unfriendly neighbors in Plaza de Mayo, the central square that hosts both the government headquarters and the cathedral where Francis delivered homilies during much of her presidency from 2007 to 2015.—
Almudena Calatrava and Isabel Debre,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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The collection also pays tribute to late French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez, with a commemorative concert marking the 100th anniversary of his birth, and also features the first live concert at Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral following its reopening last year.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Kirk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kirk. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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