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a service conducted in a church; "don't be late for church"

a place for public (especially Christian) worship; "the church was empty"

the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church; "our church is hosting a picnic next week"

perform a special church rite or service for; "church a woman after childbirth"

a service conducted in a church; "don't be late for church"

a place for public (especially Christian) worship; "the church was empty"

the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church; "our church is hosting a picnic next week"

A building set apart for Christian worship.

A Jewish or heathen temple.

A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together.

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.

The collective body of Christians.

Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm.

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

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.

A building set apart for Christian worship.

A Jewish or heathen temple.

A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together.

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.

The collective body of Christians.

Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm.

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

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.

A building set apart for divine worship; the entire body of Christians; a particular body of Christians; clergymen collectively.

A Christian place of worship; body of Christians; the clergy.

A building for Christian worship.

A distinct body of Christians; also, all Christian believers collectively.

The clergy.

Churchly.

Ecclesiastical. The Church Catholic, the collective body of Christians in their unity from the commencement. The Church Militant, the body of Christians regarded as warring against spiritual evil of all kinds. Church Invisible, the collective body of Christians in heaven and on earth.

A place or building consecrated to the worship of God; the worshippers of Jehovah, as a body; a building consecrated to Christian worship and ordinances; the collective body of Christians; a particular body of Christians; the followers of Christ in a particular city or province; the elergy, in distinction from the laity; the communicants of a congregation; divine service; ecclesiastical authority.

An edifice or a building consecrated or set apart for the worship of God; the collective body of Christians throughout the world; a certain number of Christians holding the same dogmas.

n. [Anglo-Saxon] [[German] A building set apart for Christian worship; —the worshippers in it; —a denomination from the laity; —ecclesiastical authority.

The collective of Christians; the body of Christians adhering to one particular form of worship; the place which Christians consecrate to the worship of God.