Thesaurus results for CHAPEL

chapel

noun

Definition of chapel

as in cathedral

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Recent Examples of chapel The hotel works with a local Franciscan friar from Ravello, Friar Marcus, to introduce interested guests to the chapel, or whisk them on tours of Ravello, his local parish (and the home of Villas Cimbrone and Rufolo). — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 About five minutes away, Dakasha Caulfield Leonard, 48, sat in the chapel of Scott’s Bluff Morticians, a nearly century-old fixture in the business community. — Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 The retaliation begins outside the chapel, where Ellen uses her bow to quietly pick off the guard escorting the hostages, allowing the women to escape and seize his weapons. — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026 The following day, the ceremony took place on a sunny afternoon outside the chapel of San Francisco de Asís. — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for chapel

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Noun

This devotion had sustained the generations who built the great cathedral at Chartres.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Here were once waterfront villas, a cathedral, a busy market frequented by tourists.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of cathedral

Noun

Marfa is also home to the Judd Foundation, which maintains a spectacular shrine of buildings spread through the center of town.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026
The Vatican has not said when Leo learned of the cancer; his recent visit to Lourdes, a shrine associated with miraculous cures, is taking on new significance.

— Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of shrine

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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Jang Kwang-pil, executive vice president and head of the Future Technology Research Institute at HD KSOE, said the exercise confirmed the vessel’s ability to handle complex missions after leaving port.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
The country's Hayabusa mission brought home pieces of the asteroid Itokawa in 2010, for example, and Hayabusa2 did the same with material from the space rock Ryugu a decade later.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of mission

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Zoo manager Jocelyn Smeltzer said the group wanted to invest in improvements that would benefit the sanctuary for years to come.

— James Taylor, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
With a foreword by fashion designer Jenna Lyons, the book showcases a variety of distinct residential projects, from city penthouses and lakeside retreats to coastal sanctuaries, culminating in their first luxury yacht project.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of sanctuary

Noun

Behind the metallic Ray-Ban logo on the right temple is a touch surface for taps and swipes to accept calls and control audio playback.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 13 Oct. 2026
The Grammy winner's makeup, by makeup artist Dee, was a fun, colorful mix of hues, including cerulean blue, daffodil yellow, and orchid pink, with a brighter pink applied high up on her cheekbones and buffed out to her temples.

— Kara Nesvig, Allure, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of temple

Noun

Those who make the pilgrimage to Temple Square will encounter a host of other attractions and activities, including new exhibits, live concerts and video projections on the ceiling of the tabernacle.

— Brandon Griggs, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Built in 1892, the gospel tabernacle once was home to the Grand Ole Opry radio show from 1943 to 1974.

— USA TODAY Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026

Definition of tabernacle

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