In Hebrew and Aramaic, the word "Bethesda" translates as "house of grace" or "house of mercy".
They range from structures originally built as houses of worship to storefronts to converted houses in residential areas.
This was a case of "the rich telling the poor that you cannot use the schools as houses of worship," Mr. Cabrera said, his voice rising at times.
For example, the FBI is only now to be allowed to carry out surveillance in public places, such as "houses of worship"—which would include mosques.
This expanding group, often comprising students, migrant workers, and young professionals, are all competing for the same small pool of properties, known as houses of multiple occupation (HMOs).
Under a morning rain, the village chief, Muhammadu Baba, led Mr. Clinton through the muddy walkways traversing the village of Ushafa, where tin-roof huts house several thousand residents, as well as houses of worship, a pharmacy and health clinic.
Houses in the prime blocks around Avenues S, T and U sell for at least twice as much as houses of comparable size and condition a few blocks away, according to Mr. Lupi, the broker.
Theatres were viewed as houses of Proteus, and, in the metamorphic fears of the city, it was not only the players who shifted shapes, confounded categories, and counterfeited roles.
These laws typically start from a baseline of applying to all public spaces, but states can, and do, add restrictions for places such as houses of worship, government buildings, and educational institutions.
In an architectural vein, those variants may include spiritual, emotional, or conceptual frameworks we bring to our grasp of such built structures as houses of worship, memorials, or triumphal arches.
