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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.
What 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.
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Idioms and Phrases
see poor as a churchmouse .Example Sentences
Demolition contractors are expected on site within days, preparing to take down a third of the buildings, including a fire-damaged school and crumbling church, after they were condemned as structurally unsafe.
It’s almost like two parallel paths that just happen in different buildings — a church or a comedy club.
Calls have triggered huge deployments of law enforcement and caused panic at schools, churches and other institutions.
In a church basement in Illinois, someone cracks four eggs into a bowl of spaghetti, then folds the mixture into a battered casserole dish.
A spokesman for Trafford Council said a consultation had been held on the changes, with signs since put in place to direct people to the church entrance.
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