<Li> Vihara, a Buddhist monastery found abundantly in Bihar </Li> <Li> Wat, the name for a monastery temple in Cambodia and Thailand </Li> <P> The word church derives from the Greek ekklesia, meaning the called - out ones . Its original meaning is to refer to the body of believers, or the body of Christ . The word church is used to refer to a Christian place of worship by some Christian denominations, including Anglicans and Roman Catholics . Other Christian denominations, including the Religious Society of Friends, Mennonites, Christadelphians, and some unitarians, object to the use of the word "church" to refer to a building, as they argue that this word should be reserved for the body of believers who worship there . Instead, these groups use words such as "Hall" to identify their places of worship or any building in use by them for the purpose of assembly . </P> <Ul> <Li> Basilica (Roman Catholic) </Li> <Li> Cathedral or minster (seat of a diocesan bishop within the Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican churches) </Li> <Li> Chapel ("Capel" in Welsh)--Presbyterian Church of Wales (Calvinistic Methodism), and some other denominations, especially non-conformist denominations . In Catholicism and Anglicanism, some smaller and "private" places of worship are called chapels . </Li> <Li> Church--Iglesia ni Cristo, Anglican, Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Episcopalian, Protestant denominations </Li> <Li> Kirk (Scottish--cognate with church) </Li> <Li> Meeting House--Religious Society of Friends </Li> <Li> Meeting House--Christadelphians </Li> </Ul>

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