"God's house" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: God's houses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English Goddes hous, goddes hous. Compare Dutch godshuis, German Gotteshaus. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|Goddes hous}} Middle English Goddes hous, {{m|enm|goddes hous}} goddes hous, {{cog|nl|godshuis}} Dutch godshuis, {{cog|de|Gotteshaus}} German Gotteshaus Head templates: {{en-noun|head=God's house}} God's house (plural God's houses)
  1. A church.
    Sense id: en-God's_house-en-noun-yZEj008f
  2. Another place of worship. Categories (topical): Places of worship
    Sense id: en-God's_house-en-noun-bOgmlzcU Disambiguation of Places of worship: 8 92 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 99 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 2 98

Inflected forms

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