concrete. A holy place, sanctuary; a holy thing, an object of religious devotion. Obsolete.

A place of worship, originally considered as the abode of God, or a god; a temple; a church. Usually in house of God, the Lord's house, house of p…

A holy place, chapel, sanctuary. archaic.

A biblical name for: the city of Jerusalem; (hence) the land of Israel, esp. the biblical land of Israel regarded as the historical or divinely…

A place of worship; = house of God at house, n.1 2.

? a place for divine service.

Sanctuary.

gen. A building or place set apart for the worship of God or of one or more divinities: applied, e.g., to a Christian church, the Jewish temple and…

A holy place, sanctuary. Obsolete (except as in sense A. 5).

A shrine, a sanctuary. Obsolete. rare.

the Holy (†Saint) Sepulchre (occasionally the Sepulchre): The cave in which Jesus Christ was buried outside the walls of Jerusalem; hence, the…

Chiefly in biblical or allusive use, with reference to other religions: a place of worship or sacrifice on a hill or high ground; the altar and…

†(a) the house of a person of rank or religious community, a reputable house (obsolete); (b) an honourable or prestigious post or position; (c) a…

transferred. A place of worship; a temple. In post-Reformation use applied disparagingly to abbeys or the like. Obsolete.

a thing or person imagined as containing God or a god; (formerly also depreciative) (probably) †a pyx; (slang) a church or other place of worship…

figurative in contexts referring to the veneration or idolizing of some person or thing.

A hallowed spot; a place where God is worshipped; the pillar that marks such a place. (See Gen. xxviii. 17.)

Applied to: A barn-like building for worship.

A place struck by lightning, consecrated by the haruspices, and enclosed. Also figurative.

Christian Church. In the Eastern Orthodox Church: the place in which the holy table is situated, including the area behind the iconostasis and the…