It is also used in a similar sense for songs.

The terms are not usually used in a strict sense.

That has already been used, in a sense, to keep him silent.

Our word 'essence' can be used in a general or a particular sense.

They are used in a fictional sense to tell a story.

It is used these days in a very loose sense by a great many people.

Synagogue might thus be being used in its more general sense of any meeting place.

However, it may also be used in a neutral or positive sense.

The word rhyme can be used in a specific and a general sense.

"It doesn't need to be used in a religious sense."