church

ˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ

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#1·1d ago

Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity; Christendom.

This building used to be a church before being converted into a library.

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#2·1d ago

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

There is a lovely little church in the valley.

Origin: From , from , from , an early borrowing of , neuter form of belonging to the lord, from ruler, lord, from . . For vowel evolution, see bury. was used of houses of Christian worship since circa 300 , especially in the East, though it was less common in this sense than congregation or royal thing. An example of the direct Greek-to-Germanic progress of many Christian words, possibly via the Goths; it was probably used by West Germanic people in their pre-Christian period. Cognate with , , , , , , , , , and . Also picked up by Slavic, via (compare , , ). Romance and Celtic languages use descend. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#3·1d ago

(countable) A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.

He got the message and was in church the next Sunday. We need to stay in church with the fellowship of others in order to keep the fire of faith burning brightly.

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