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meetinghouse

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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

The woman contacted her 72-year-old father, who came out of the house to remove Gonzalez.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
The following day, investigators recovered the two Renoirs from a house in Clermont-l’Hérault, where they had been concealed behind a false wall constructed from bricks and plasterboard.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of house

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The Rosary prayer was recited in the hospital chapel Tuesday evening, attended by Cardinal Baldassare Reina, the Vicar General for the Diocese of Rome.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
The operation got underway as medical staff recited the Rosary prayer in the hospital chapel Tuesday evening.

— CBS News, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of chapel

Noun

Palestinians fled the camp in 2025 as the Israeli military carried out a widespread crackdown against West Bank militants.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
Piane’s compositions provided a foundation for contestants to showcase their personalities, give memorable performances and embrace the camp and theatricality that became hallmarks of the franchise.

— Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of camp

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Helena, the mother of the Byzantine emperor Constantine, aided this process by commissioning shrines such as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, where Christians still memorialize important events in Jesus’ life and ministry.

— Shay Rabineau, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
In minutes, Bartlett had sketched the makeshift shrine that Helga builds for Arnold in her closet.

— Darryn King, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of shrine

Noun

Recently, the Griffin MSI also announced plans for alterations to the North Portico where the main entrance has always been, in the form of a welcome hall.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Down the hall, check into the Spa at Casa Mani for the ultimate relaxation.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of hall

Noun

Finally, on Saturday, October 10, Giulia and Conor exchanged vows at the historic cathedral of Nossa Senhora do Carmo da Antiga Sé, followed by a celebratory lunch and reception at Instituto Brando Barbosa.

— Alexandra Macon, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2026
One of Lichtenstein’s takes on Monet in this show features the cathedral buried beneath a matrix of black dots set atop a deep blue background, in what may count as an allusion to Ad Reinhardt’s blue-on-blue abstractions of the ’50s.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of cathedral

Noun

Today a myriad of arts organizations champion wildly diverse missions.

— Leslie Pariseau, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026
Seven strangers from different countries and backgrounds are forced to compete in a deadly game, each facing a different mission to rescue a loved one.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of mission

Noun

The medieval abbey of Normandy’s Mont Saint-Michel, a tidal island only accessible at certain times each day, stretched from the lapping waves as though reaching for Heaven.

— Ellen O’Connell Whittet, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026
Marie painstakingly builds the abbey into a regional power center to which notables must pay their respects.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 16 Sep. 2026

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