Word.ws English Dictionary

place of worship

place of worship noun: a place, usually a building such as a church, mosque, synagogue or temple where believers can practise their faith.

Noun

place of worship (plural places of worship)

  1. A place, usually a building such as a church, mosque, synagogue or temple where believers can practise their faith.

place of worship meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Gujarati

place of worship in Tamil

வழிபாட்டு இடம்

place of worship in Urdu

place where people can practise their faith
عبادت گاہ ibādat-gāh, معبد ma'bad, عبادت خانہ ibādat-xāna, عبادت کدہ ibādat-kada

place of worship in Bengali

place of worship
ইবাদতখানা ibadotkhana, উপাসনা স্থান upaśona sthan

place of worship in Gujarati

place of worship
ઇબાદતગાહ ibādatgāh
More languagesFewer languages
place of worship in Tagalog
pook-sambahan
place of worship in Arabic
مَعْبَد maʕbad
place of worship in Malay
tempat ibadah
place of worship in Indonesian
tempat ibadah, rumah ibadah
place of worship in Persian
نیایشگاه niyâyešgâh, معبد ma'bad
place of worship in Thai
ศาสนสถาน sǎa-sà-ná-sà-tǎan

Forms of place of worship

pluralplaces of worship

Origin of place of worship

From Middle English place of worship, place of wurschip.

Questions about place of worship

What does place of worship mean?
Place of worship means a place, usually a building such as a church, mosque, synagogue or temple where believers can practise their faith.
What is place of worship in Tamil?
Place of worship in Tamil is வழிபாட்டு இடம். See Place of worship meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is place of worship?
Place of worship is a noun.
What is the plural of place of worship?
The plural of place of worship is places of worship.

Words near place of worship in the dictionary

  1. place of birth
  2. place of business
  3. place of decimals
  4. place of honor
  5. place of honour
  6. place of worship
  7. place on a pedestal
  8. place one's cards on the table
  9. place setting
  10. place settings
  11. place shifting

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: place of worship (page history and authors); place of worship (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ইবাদতখানা (Bengali) (page history and authors); ઇબાદતગાહ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-place of worship.wav.

Cite this entry: “place of worship.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/place_of_worship. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.