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a building for public worship and especially Christian worship
the largest temple in the Gothic style in the country
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Bali’s serenity is most palpable along its eastern coast and deep within its interior, two areas steeped in culture and tradition and full of Balinese Hindu temples.
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Paul Rubio, AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024
The district government blocked the temple’s construction.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Featuring a gold hardware infill detail on the temple, the Goldie epitomizes quiet luxury but elevated with this season’s hottest burgundy shade.
—Angela Lei, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
As a Latino, as a Mexican, as a fan of country music, to go to the capital of country and play inside the temple of country music meant a lot to me.
—Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
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Paul Rubio, AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024
The district government blocked the temple’s construction.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Featuring a gold hardware infill detail on the temple, the Goldie epitomizes quiet luxury but elevated with this season’s hottest burgundy shade.
—Angela Lei, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
As a Latino, as a Mexican, as a fan of country music, to go to the capital of country and play inside the temple of country music meant a lot to me.
—Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
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The performance happened in Brooklyn, in a converted church with a high balcony and ever higher windows reaching toward the pointed roof.Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2024
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Old North Illuminated operates the church as a historic site.Landon Mion, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2024
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Fabric of rebirth The iconic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris is finally open to the public again after a devastating fire damaged it five years ago.AJ Willingham, CNN, 14 Dec. 2024
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The ceremony to mark the cathedral's return to religious services featured guests such as French President Emmanuel Macron, Trump, first lady Jill Biden, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the U.K.'s Prince William.Brittney Melton, NPR, 9 Dec. 2024
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The chapel regularly hosts arts and culture exhibitions and has collaborated with the lab on other tech projects, including a VR experience of the 18th century space.Leslie Katz, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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The magnificence of the technology is on full display in a bravura sequence in which Tóth and Van Buren travel to the marble quarries of Carrara, Italy, to select a piece of stone for the altarpiece that will sit in the Institute’s chapel.Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
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The history of the concert hall goes back to over a century ago when it was first constructed as a tabernacle for religious gatherings.Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 8 Jan. 2024
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The demand of the people, of the families, of the fallen, must permeate here, must be reflected from here, must become a decree engraved on the walls of this tabernacle.David Isaac, Sun Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2024
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“Temple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temple. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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