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churches
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church
n.
building in which Christians meet to worship; public worship; members of a religious denomination; denomination; leaders of a religious body; organized religion
v.
take to church; conduct a special service (in thanks for the safe delivery of a child)
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Church
Church may refer to:
Religion
- Church (building), is a building used for religious activities, particularly Christian worship service
- Church (sociology of religion), religious denominations that are all-embracing of religious expression within a society
- Christian Church, the whole Christian religious tradition through history
- the western (Roman) Catholic Church, the largest Christian religious organisation.
- Particular Church, an ecclesial community within Catholic Christianity
- the eastern Orthodox Church
- Broad church, (from Anglicanism) an organization encompassing a broad range of opinion on doctrine and practice
- Local church, the body made up of a church congregation, its members and clergy
- Simple church, an Evangelical Christian movement
- State church, a Christian religious body or creed officially endorsed by a nation's government
- the western (Roman) Catholic Church, the largest Christian religious organisation.
- Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship
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church
Noun
1. one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
(synonym) Christian church
(hypernym) religion, faith
(hyponym) Armenian Church, Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church
(part-holonym) Christendom, Christianity
(member-meronym) Christian
2. a place for public (especially Christian) worship; "the church was empty"
(synonym) church building
(hypernym) place of worship, house of prayer, house of God, house of worship
(hyponym) abbey
(part-meronym) amen corner
(classification) church service
3. a service conducted in a church; "don't be late for church"
(synonym) church service
(hypernym) service, religious service, divine service
(class) official
4. the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church; "our church is hosting a picnic next week"
(hypernym) body
(part-holonym) Christendom, Christianity
Verb
1. perform a special church rite or service for; "church a woman after childbirth"
(hypernym) perform
(derivation) church building
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church
n.
církev; kostel; kněžský stav
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church
Rzecz.
kościół; Kościół; Kościół
