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(n)
(mythology) All the gods of a particular people or religion, particularly the ancient Greek gods residing on Olympus, considered as a group.
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(countable, Judaism) A place of worship for Jews or Samaritans.
A residence for monks or others who have taken religious vows.
(countable, Christianity) A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.
(Islam) A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.
A practitioner of the religion and philosophy of Buddhism.
Official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system.
Alternative spelling of ǃKung. [A group of Bushmen people living in the Kalahari Desert.]
(law, British) A barrister having chambers in the Inner Temple or Middle Temple.
A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
A place of safety, refuge, or protection.
An area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings.
A large meeting room.
An area of land set aside for environment preservation or recreation.
(geometry) A polygon with four straight sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral.
A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.
(countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
A trip made by walking.
A step.
(music) A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a loud resonant sound when struck with a soft hammer.
Synonym of picul, a unit of weight, particularly in Cantonese contexts.
Courage; boldness; audacity; gall.
A female given name from Japanese.
A surname.
a palace
A place set apart, as with a sanctum sanctorum; a sacred or private place; a private retreat or workroom.
(especially Christianity) A place of worship, smaller than or subordinate to a church.
(Hinduism) A Hindu temple.
A Buddhist monastery.
A Sikh place of worship.
(architecture) A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory.
A religious building in South and Southeast Asia, especially a multi-storey tower erected as a Hindu or Buddhist temple.
(religion) A religious edifice; a mosque, church, synagogue, temple, or similar place where believers go to practice their faith.
(biblical) The portable tent used before the construction of the temple, where the shekinah (presence of God) was believed to dwell.
a sacred place of pilgrimage
(N)
the debut studio album by Canadian electronic music duo Purity Ring.
(in south India, architecture) A pillared hall or porch fronting a Hindu temple. It may be attached or detached from the building.
A Thai Buddhist monument similar to a stupa.
(Buddhism) A dome-shaped Buddhist monument, used to house relics of the Lord Buddha.
Alternative form of gurdwara. [A Sikh place of worship.]
Alternative form of gopuram. [A monumental tower, usually ornate, at the entrance of a temple, especially in Southern India.]
A monumental tower, usually ornate, at the entrance of a temple, especially in Southern India.
(Hawaii) A temple in traditional Hawaiian society.
A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.
(Hinduism) A Hindu temple built in a distinct style of Dravidian architecture.
(adj)
Characterized by solemn religious ceremony or religious use, especially, in a positive sense; consecrated, made holy.
A supernatural divine being; a god or goddess.
(architecture) A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.
The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
That is circumambulating.
A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.
The act of reconsecrating; a second or subsequent consecration.
(Hinduism) a Hindu deity, considered to be a form of Vishnu.
(Hinduism) A secluded religious hermitage inhabited by gurus, or the population of such a hermitage.
(v)
(transitive) To consecrate again.
(archaic) A thing that is extremely holy; used almost exclusively in Holy of Holies.
(archaeology) A temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories
(Hinduism) Any of the four stages of Hindu spiritual life.
A strong fortress that sits high above a city.
(Hinduism) A sacred image of a deity.
A surname originating as a patronymic.
A building; a structure; an architectural fabric, especially a large and spectacular one.
A hill town and pilgrimage centre in Andhra Pradesh that houses the Sri Venkateswara temple.
A metal pot with a large base and small mouth, used in Hindu rites, in which it is filled with water, coins, grain, etc. and topped with a coconut.
(slang, New York City) head
Obsolete form of Buddhist. [A practitioner of the religion and philosophy of Buddhism.]
A woman with religious duties and responsibilities in certain religions.
(astronomy) Mercury.
The act of walking around something in a circle, especially for a ritual purpose.
(India, historical) A Hindu caravanserai.
(Hinduism) Name of a Hindu temple in Gujarat, India. It is the first among the twelve jyotirlinga shrines of Lord Shiva.
A spire or pyramid-shaped tower forming part of a Hindu temple.
(chiefly Ancient Greece) Ground under, surrounding and adjacent to a temple; a sacred enclosure or precinct.
(architecture) The inner area of the portico of a Greek or Roman temple
(Shaivism) The aniconic phallic representation traditionally worshipped as a symbol of or in connection with Shiva.
(Islam, South Asia) A shrine associated with the grave of a Muslim saint or similar religious figure.
A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.
A small forest.
(Myanmar, South Asia) a large temporary structure erected during various Hindu and Buddhist religious festivals
(Hinduism) A kind of good spirit, similar to a guardian angel or a lesser deity.
(transitive) To walk around something in a circle, especially for a ritual purpose.
(Islam) A mosque.
A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.