Religious Building

Abbey - a building occupied by monks or nuns and run by an abbot or abbess

Basilica - a type of early Christian church

Cathedral - the main church in an area and the seat of the bishop

Chapel - a place of worship within a larger building, or a nonconformist Christian religious building

Church - a building used for public worship by Christians

Convent or nunnery - the home of a community of nuns

Dagoba - a Buddhist shrine Friary-home to friars, members of a religious order

Meeting house a place where certain religious groups, such as Quakers, gather

Monastery - the home to a religious community of monks Mosque - a Muslim place of worship

Pagoda - an Eastern temple

Priory - a religious house run by a prior; it may be under the control of an abbey

Shrine - a place of worship

connected with a sacred person or saint. It may contain sacred objects or relics

Synagogue - a building for Jewish religious services Tabernacle - a house or tent used for worship, named after the tent used by the Israelites to cover the Ark of the Covenant

Temple - a place of worship dedicated to a particular god or gods. Also sometimes used instead of synagogue.