whare karakia

Maori edit

Compound of whare (“house”) +‎ karakia (“prayer, incantation, church service”).

a religious building: a church, a synagogue, a mosque, a house of prayer
Nō te rā hāpati i kauhau ai a Te Karaiti, i roto i ngā whare karakia.
On the sabbath day Christ preached in the churches.