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church
1[ church ]
noun
- a building for public Christian worship.
- public Christian worship of God; a Christian religious service:
They attend church regularly.
time does your church start?
- none the church or the Church, the whole body of Christian believers.
- Sometimes Church. any organized group of Christian believers professing the same creed and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a Christian denomination:
the Methodist Church.
- that part of the whole Christian body, or of a particular denomination, belonging to the same city, country, nation, etc.:
The African church was well represented at the international ecumenical conference.
- a body of Christians worshipping in a particular building or constituting one congregation:
She is a member of this church.
- ecclesiastical organization, power, and affairs, as distinguished from the state:
The separation of church and state is entrenched in the U.S. Constitution.
- the clergy and religious officials of a Christian denomination:
The missionary went wherever the church sent him.
- the Christian faith:
The early 20th century saw the return of many intellectuals to the church.
- none the church or the Church, the organized body of professing Christians before the Reformation:
In a.d. 325, Constantine summoned the leaders of the Church to a conference at Nicaea.
- the Church, the Roman Catholic Church.
- the clerical profession or calling:
After much study and contemplation, he was prepared to enter the church.
- Sometimes Offensive. any non-Christian religious society, organization, or congregation, or its place of public worship:
He is part of a Satanist church.
verb (used with object)
- to conduct or bring to church, especially for special services.
- South Midland and Southern U.S. to subject to church discipline.
- to perform a church service of thanksgiving for (a woman after childbirth).
Church
2[ church ]
noun
- Frederick Edwin, 1826–1900, U.S. painter.
church
1/ ʃɜːʃ /
noun
- a building designed for public forms of worship, esp Christian worship
- an occasion of public worship
- the clergy as distinguished from the laity
- usually capital institutionalized forms of religion as a political or social force
conflict between Church and State
- usually capital the collective body of all Christians
- often capital a particular Christian denomination or group of Christian believers
- often capital the Christian religion
- (in Britain) the practices or doctrines of the Church of England and similar denominations Compare chapel ecclesiastical
verb
- Church of England to bring (someone, esp a woman after childbirth) to church for special ceremonies
- to impose church discipline upon
Church
2/ ʃɜːʃ /
noun
- ChurchCharlotte1986FWelshMUSIC: soprano Charlotte. born 1986, Welsh soprano, who made her name with the album Voice of an Angel (1998) when she was 12
church
- A group of Christians (see also Christian ); church is a biblical word for “assembly.” It can mean any of the following: (1) All Christians, living and dead. ( See saints .) (2) All Christians living in the world. (3) One of the large divisions or denominations of Christianity , such as the Eastern Orthodox Church , Methodist Church , or Roman Catholic Church . (4) An individual congregation of Christians meeting in one building; also the building itself.
Other Word Forms
- ·پ·ܰ adjective
- ԴDz·ܰ noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of church1
Word History and Origins
Origin of church1
Idioms and Phrases
see poor as a churchmouse .Example Sentences
World leaders may be gathering on Saturday to pay their respects to a fellow statesman whose church has more members than their states have citizens.
Since his death, more details have emerged of how Pope Francis would be in contact almost daily with the small Christian community sheltering in a church in Gaza City during the war.
Half an hour later, at 09:00 local time, patriarchs from the Orthodox church and cardinals will congregate in Saint Sebastian Chapel, inside the basilica, where the remains of Pope John Paul II lie.
"So it remains shocking, the wealth of these churches around us and the poverty of the people sleeping on their doorsteps."
But for the church officials and the families at Holy Family Church, the pope was not a distant religious figure in a faraway country, but a daily presence.
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