Definitions for Church

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Church church

Spelling: [church]

IPA: /tʃɜrtʃ/

Church is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 32 anagrams from letters in Church (cchhru).

Definitions for Church

noun

1. a building for public Christian worship.
2. public worship of God or a religious service in such a building:
3. (sometimes initial capital letter) the whole body of Christian believers; Christendom.
4. (sometimes initial capital letter) any division of this body professing the same creed and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a Christian denomination:
5. that part of the whole Christian body, or of a particular denomination, belonging to the same city, country, nation, etc.
6. a body of Christians worshipping in a particular building or constituting one congregation:
7. ecclesiastical organization, power, and affairs, as distinguished from the state:
8. the clergy and religious officials of a Christian denomination.
9. the Christian faith:
10. (initial capital letter) the Christian Church before the Reformation.
11. (initial capital letter) the Roman Catholic Church.
12. the clerical profession or calling:
13. a place of public worship of a non-Christian religion.
14. any non-Christian religious society, organization, or congregation:
15. Frederick Edwin, 1826–1900, U.S. painter.

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).

Origin of Church

before 900; Middle English chir(i)che, Old English cir(i)ce ≪ Greek kȳri(a)kón (dôma) the Lord's (house), neuter of kȳriakós of the master, equivalent to kȳ́ri(os) master (kŷr(os) power +

Examples for Church

The thin examiner held the high office of deacon of the church.

Well, it might be—why had he not selected an elder member of the church?

If they returned to their church, they would be spared a second attack.

The Via Dolorosa ends at the church of the Holy Sepulchre, and is marked by nine stations of the cross.

church bells pealed from St. Catherine of Siena parish one block away.

He had communicated with Mr Clayton's church for many years.

In a 2009 interview, church apostle Dallin H. Oaks held that the church “does not have a position” on that point.

"And of course we must go to the Episcopal church there," said Psyche.

You must propose an examination of his affairs on the part of the church.

The church was not happy with his views, and there was talk of excommunication.