Church

Quick meaning: Church is a noun meaning (countable, Christianity) A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.

Meaning

(countable, Christianity) A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.

More Meanings

1. Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity; Christendom.
2. (countable) A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.
3. (countable) A particular denomination of Christianity.
4. (uncountable, countable, as bare noun) Christian worship held at a church; service.
5. (uncountable) Organized religion in general or a specific religion considered as a political institution.
6. (informal) Any religious group or place of worship; a temple.
7. (obsolete) Assembly.

Example Sentences

There is a lovely little church in the valley.

These worshippers make up the Church of Christ.

Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.

Many young people find their only role models of family life in church.

Word Forms

• churches
• churche
• churching
• churched

Synonyms for church

Depending on context, synonyms include autem, chapel, kirk, congregation, preach, christianity.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include christianity, chapel, parish, cathedral, priest, ecclesiastical.

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