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church

1

[ church ]

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. none the church or the Church, the whole body of Christian believers.
  4. Sometimes Church. 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. none the church or the Church, 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 Church, the Roman Catholic Church.
  12. the clerical profession or calling:

    After much study and contemplation, he was prepared to enter the church.

  13. Sometimes Offensive. 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. South Midland and Southern U.S. to subject to church discipline.
  3. to perform a church service of thanksgiving for (a woman after childbirth).

Church

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[ church ]

noun

  1. Frederick Edwin, 1826鈥1900, U.S. painter.

church

1

/ 迟蕛蓽藧迟蕛 /

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. usually capital institutionalized forms of religion as a political or social force

    conflict between Church and State

  5. usually capital the collective body of all Christians
  6. often capital a particular Christian denomination or group of Christian believers
  7. often capital the Christian religion
  8. (in Britain) the practices or doctrines of the Church of England and similar denominations Compare chapel ecclesiastical
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. Church of England to bring (someone, esp a woman after childbirth) to church for special ceremonies
  2. to impose church discipline upon
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Church

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/ 迟蕛蓽藧迟蕛 /

noun

  1. ChurchCharlotte1986FWelshMUSIC: soprano Charlotte. born 1986, Welsh soprano, who made her name with the album Voice of an Angel (1998) when she was 12
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

church

  1. A group of Christians (see also Christian ); church is a biblical word for 鈥渁ssembly.鈥 It can mean any of the following: (1) All Christians, living and dead. ( See saints .) (2) All Christians living in the world. (3) One of the large divisions or denominations of Christianity , such as the Eastern Orthodox Church , Methodist Church , or Roman Catholic Church . (4) An individual congregation of Christians meeting in one building; also the building itself.
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 补苍路迟颈路肠丑耻谤肠丑 adjective
  • 苍辞苍路肠丑耻谤肠丑 noun
  • 辫谤辞路肠丑耻谤肠丑 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of church1

First recorded before 900; Middle English chir(i)che, Old English cir(i)ce, ultimately from Greek ky虅ri(a)k贸n (d么ma) 鈥渢he Lord's (house),鈥 neuter of 办测虅谤颈补办贸蝉 鈥渙f the master,鈥 from 办测虅虂谤颈(辞蝉) 鈥渕aster鈥 (from 办欧谤(辞蝉) 鈥減ower鈥 + -ios, noun suffix) + -akos (variant of -ikos -ic ); akin to Dutch kerk, German Kirche, Old Norse kirkja; kirk
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of church1

Old English cirice, from Late Greek kurikon, from Greek kuriakon ( 诲艒尘补 ) the Lord's (house), from kuriakos of the master, from kurios master, from kuros power
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Idioms and Phrases

see poor as a churchmouse .
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Example Sentences

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While so far there haven't been the level of mass deportations that some hoped for and others feared, newly empowered immigration enforcement agents have taken action across the US in businesses, homes and churches.

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High on a hilltop in the rebel-controlled areas is the church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

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Mourners queued outside the church early on Sunday morning to be among the first to pay their respects to Pope Francis, who died aged 88 on Monday.

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And any night the Oilers play in the postseason is church night.

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Meanwhile, the Pope's coffin was carried through Rome in a slow procession to the church of Santa Maria Maggiore for burial.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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