During their heyday, they were places of gathering, of leisure, of relaxation and of worship for villagers of all but the lowest classes.

在全盛时期，这里是除了最底层人民外，所有村民的聚会、休闲、放松和祭祀的地方。

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Supermarkets may be temples of worship for the members of the congregation.

超级市场对会众成员来说可能是崇拜的圣殿。

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It served as administrative center and place of worship for a prosperous kingdom.

它的功能是行政中心以及为王国繁荣而膜拜的场所。

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After setting off from the synagogue, participants in the unity walk were invited to enter several houses of worship along Massachusetts Avenue for the first time.

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And maybe it was something else. But they withdrew for some reason And how and why they took up the worship of Yahweh or the cult of Yahweh isn't really clear but it seems to have been what marked them as distinct from other Canaanites.

也许是其他原因，但是他们因某一原因而收回,而他们怎样又为何开始了耶和华崇拜,或者说耶和华宗教并不清楚，但似乎,正是这点让他们区别于其他的迦南人。

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Power is something - and this is what we learn from a reading of John Milton - power is something that is created by a human process of deification, a process of king-worship or a process of God-worship or book-worship or a process, for that matter, of poet-worship.

力量是,-通过阅读弥尔顿我们就会知道,力量就是人们崇拜外物，不断将其神化的产物，这可能是对国王，上帝，或书本的崇拜,或者，就此而言，对诗人的崇拜。

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The churches were places of worship for this unique blend of faiths, and those that still stand remain the sacred hearts of the communities today.

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The present church of St Peter's, Leeds, stands on a site which has been a place of Christian worship for more than 1, 000 years, the diocese said.

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An absence of explicit Christian iconography outside, and archaeological evidence that the site has been a place of worship for at least 2, 000 years, has encouraged such imaginings.

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