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house of prayer

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Noun1.house of prayer - any building where congregations gather for prayer
house of God, house of worship, place of worship
bethel - a house of worship (especially one for sailors)
building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
chapel - a place of worship that has its own altar
church building, church - a place for public (especially Christian) worship; "the church was empty"
meetinghouse, conventicle - a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers)
masjid, musjid - (Islam) a Muslim place of worship
mosque - (Islam) a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret
shrine - a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person
synagogue, tabernacle, temple - (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
temple - place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity


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Let's start with the passage from Third Isaiah, the prophet of the return from exile, who articulates God's call to embrace "the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord," culminating in the divine declaration "my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples" (vv.
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (proper 15): August 14, 2005 by Rollefson, John / Currents in Theology and Mission
Years ago, our Lord cleaned the temple in Jerusalem, saying his house is supposed to be a house of prayer and it was made a den of thieves.
Seducing the church by Stucky, Harley J. / Church & State
The House of Prayer is shaped like a squarish oval.
Ethiopian figurines from Mugar monastery in Shawa by Pankhurst, Richard / African Arts
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