meetinghouse

noun

Definition of meetinghousenext
1
as in house

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2
as in chapel

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meetinghouse
  1. house
  2. chapel
  3. camp
  4. shrine
  5. hall
  6. cathedral
  7. mission
  8. abbey
Noun
  • Investigators learned that the man allegedly arrived at his ex-girlfriend's house uninvited and assaulted her.
    — DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Spray the solution at key entry points around the house, such as windows, doors and near plumbing.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of house
Noun
  • With an open-door policy, the mission has been a refuge for as many as 1,000 people, at one point putting up hundreds of cots nightly in its chapel to accommodate women from the street.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The secluded beach of Agia Thalassa (north) sits at the end of an unpaved road out of Panormos, sandy and shaded by tamarisks, with a small chapel watching over the water.
    — Monica Mendal, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of chapel
Noun
  • But the Colts are now two weeks into training camp, and the team has had no further updates.
    — James Boyd, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • That evening, back at camp beside a fire, Billy answers Kris’ question with the monologue that is the film’s spine.
    — JP Mangalindan, Time, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of camp
Noun
  • The demon Rasho-gan has taken over the shrine and corrupted worshippers’ prayers.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Near the shrine, Mohammad Yasin Ahmadi, 15, has come from the Iranian city of Qom on his second pilgrimage.
    — Jane Arraf, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of shrine
Noun
  • When the news was announced during a livestream on Tuesday, Mark Ford, the executive director of the hall, read a statement from Taylor.
    — Andrea Dresdale, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • There's another bedroom down the hall with a private balcony, as well as a smaller third room.
    — Finch Walker, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of hall
Noun
  • In nearby Manizales, one of the towers of the neo-Gothic cathedral collapsed and fell on the nave.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Images showed one of the towers of the city's neo-Gothic cathedral had collapsed and fallen on the nave.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of cathedral
Noun
  • From long-duration missions aboard the International Space Station to helping prepare the Artemis generation, his contributions have helped position NASA for what comes next.
    — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • On January 29, 2025, 67 people died when an Army Black Hawk helicopter on a training mission and American Airlines regional jet landing at the airport collided over the Potomac River.
    — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of mission
Noun
  • 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
  • Robert de Molesme founded the Cistercian order at an abbey some 20 miles away from Meursault, the small village where the new hotel is located, in 1098.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2026
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