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 Definitions of Church  [ʃɜrtʃ]  

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Definition of 'Church' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) church
a building for public Christian worship.

2.  church
a religious service in a church.

3.  church
(cap.)

4.  church
the whole body of Christian believers; Christendom.

5.  church
any major division of this body; a Christian denomination.

6.  church
a Christian congregation.

7.  church
organized religion as distinguished from the state.

8.  church
(cap.)

9.  church
the Christian Church before the Reformation.

10.  church
the profession of an ecclesiastic.

11. (v.t.) church
to perform a church service for (a woman after childbirth).

Etymology:  (bef. 900; ME chir(i)che, OE cir(i)ce&indirdesc; Gk k&ymacr;ri(a)kón (dôma) the Lord's (house); akin to D kerk, G Kirche, ON kirkja. See kirk)

Definition of 'Church' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) church, Christian church
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

2. (noun) church, church building
a place for public (especially Christian) worship
"the church was empty"

3. (noun) church service, church
a service conducted in a house of worship
"don't be late for church"

4. (verb) church
the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church
"our church is hosting a picnic next week"

5. (verb) church
perform a special church rite or service for
"church a woman after childbirth"


Definition of 'Church' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) church
a Christian place of worship
to go to church on Sunday; people sitting in church; an old brick church

2.  church
one of the types of churches in the Christian religion
the Methodist Church


Definition of 'Church' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Church
a building set apart for Christian worship

2. (noun) Church
a Jewish or heathen temple

3. (noun) Church
a formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together

4. (noun) Church
a body of Christian believers, holding the same creed, observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a denomination; as, the Roman Catholic church; the Presbyterian church

5. (noun) Church
the collective body of Christians

6. (noun) Church
any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm

7. (noun) Church
the aggregate of religious influences in a community; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of the church against some moral evil

8. (verb) Church
to bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women


Definitions of 'Church' The Roycroft Dictionary 

Church
A place where the Anointed of the Lord palm themselves off on one another.

2. A hall of echoes.

3. A counterpane for the dead.

4. An edifice wherein inspired fogyism gets its final degree.


Translation of 'Church' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a building for public Christian worship.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kerk Arabic flag Arabic: كَنيسَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: църква
Brazilian flag Brazilian: igreja Czech flag Czech: kostel German flag German: die Kirche
Danish flag Danish: kirke Greek flag Greek: εκκλησία Spanish flag Spanish: iglesia
Estonian flag Estonian: kirik Farsi flag Farsi: کلیسا Finnish flag Finnish: kirkko
French flag French: église Hebrew flag Hebrew: כְּנֵסִיָה Hindi flag Hindi: गिरजाघर
Croatian flag Croatian: crkva Hungarian flag Hungarian: templom Indonesian flag Indonesian: gereja
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kirkja Italian flag Italian: chiesa Japanese flag Japanese: 教会
Korean flag Korean: 교회 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: bažnyčia Latvian flag Latvian: baznīca
Malay flag Malay: gereja Dutch flag Dutch: kerk Norwegian flag Norwegian: kirke
Polish flag Polish: kościół Persian flag Persian: کلیسا Pashto flag Pashto: کلیسا
Portuguese flag Portuguese: igreja Romanian flag Romanian: biserică Russian flag Russian: церковь
Slovak flag Slovak: kostol Slovenian flag Slovenian: cerkev Serbian flag Serbian: crkva
Swedish flag Swedish: kyrka Thai flag Thai: โบสถ์ Turkish flag Turkish: kilise
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 教堂 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: церква Urdu flag Urdu: گرجا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nhà thờ Chinese flag Chinese: 教堂

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