Church (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a building for public Christian worship.
  2. public Christian worship of God; a Christian religious service: They attend church regularly.What time does your church start?
  3. the whole body of Christian believers.
  4. any organized group of Christian believers professing the same creed and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a Christian denomination: the Methodist Church.
  5. 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.
  6. a body of Christians worshipping in a particular building or constituting one congregation: She is a member of this church.
  7. ecclesiastical organization, power, and affairs, as distinguished from the state: The separation of church and state is entrenched in the U.S. Constitution.
  8. the clergy and religious officials of a Christian denomination: The missionary went wherever the church sent him.
  9. the Christian faith: The early 20th century saw the return of many intellectuals to the church.
  10. 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.
  11. the Roman Catholic Church.
  12. the clerical profession or calling: After much study and contemplation, he was prepared to enter the church.
  13. 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)
  1. to conduct or bring to church, especially for special services.
  2. to subject to church discipline.
  3. to perform a church service of thanksgiving for (a woman after childbirth).
noun
  1. U.S. painter.
noun
  1. a building designed for public forms of worship, esp Christian worship
  2. an occasion of public worship
  3. the clergy as distinguished from the laity
  4. institutionalized forms of religion as a political or social force
  5. the collective body of all Christians
  6. a particular Christian denomination or group of Christian believers
  7. the Christian religion
  8. (in Britain) the practices or doctrines of the Church of England and similar denominations
verb (tr)
  1. to bring (someone, esp a woman after childbirth) to church for special ceremonies
  2. to impose church discipline upon
noun
  1. Charlotte. born 1986, Welsh soprano, who made her name with the album Voice of an Angel (1998) when she was 12
Church (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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