as in churches
a building for public worship and especially Christian worship
worshippers gathering at the Baptist tabernacle on a bright Sunday morning
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Its docks and alleys, its free Black communities and slave markets, its churches and street corners — this was the laboratory of his conscience.—
Jack Hill,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Feb. 2026 -
At a time when Black women were often prohibited from using facilities or belonging to country clubs, Glynis Morrow, the Wilfandel Club's past president, said homes and churches were the only places to gather for entertaining or meeting.—
Amy Johnson,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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The Thai capital doesn't have an Old Town like Hanoi, the modernity of Hong Kong, or the density of temples like Siem Reap (though few places in Southeast Asia are as spectacular as Wat Arun at sunrise).—
Chris Schalkx,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
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This is the city where Galen grew up and studied medicine in one of the most famous healing temples of the time.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
19 Feb. 2026
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God appeared once, Christianity twice, and cathedrals, but not the Mother of Parliaments in London.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
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Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, capacity 100,077, is among college football's largest and most hallowed cathedrals.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Tabernacles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tabernacles. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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