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| church [ church ] |
noun (plural church·es) |
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1. religious building: a building for public worship, especially in the Christian religion
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2. religion's followers as group: all the followers of a religion, especially the Christian religion, considered collectively
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3. religious service: a religious service that takes place in a church
  go to church
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4. clergy: the clergy as distinct from lay people
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5. religious authority: religious authority as opposed to the authority of the state
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6. branch of Christian religion: a denomination or branch of the Christian religion
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transitive verb (past and past participle churched, present participle church·ing, 3rd person present singular church·es) |
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christianity give somebody church blessing: to give a blessing in church to somebody, especially a woman who has recently given birth
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often passive
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| [ Old English cir(i)ce, via Germanic < Greek kuriakon dōma "house of the lord" < kurios "lord"] |
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right church, wrong pew used to indicate that somebody is correct in a general way, but wrong in a particular way
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