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Church Services Christian Noun Bre Tʃɜːtʃ Tʃɜːrtʃ Tower

Word church
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / tʃɜːtʃ / NAmE / tʃɜːrtʃ /
Example
  • a church tower
  • the procession moved into the church.
  • church services
  • how often do you go to church?
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church

(noun)BrE / tʃɜːtʃ / NAmE / tʃɜːrtʃ /
  1. a building where Christians go to worship
    • see also community church
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/community-church
    • a church tower
    • The procession moved into the church.
    • church services
  2. a service or services in a church
    • How often do you go to church?
    • They're at church (= attending a church service).
    • They're in church.
    • Church is at 9 o'clock.
    • When do the children finish school?
    • I’ll meet you outside the school.
    • Her husband spent three years in prison.
  3. a particular group of Christians
    • see also denomination
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/denomination
    • the Anglican Church
    • the Catholic Church
    • the Free Churches
  4. the ministers of the Christian religion; the institution of the Christian religion
    • The Church has a duty to condemn violence.
    • the conflict between Church and State
    • to go into the Church (= to become a Christian minister)
  5. an organization that accepts a wide range of opinions
    • synonym big tent
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/big-tent
    • The party aims to be a broad church with members from all sections of society.

    Extra Examples

    • Do you go to church?
    • He left the Church after a loss of faith.
    • He loves all the high church traditions—incense and processions and vestments.
    • He served the church for over sixty years.
    • He went into the Church when he was 23.
    • He went into the Church= became a priest when he was 23.
    • Linda joined the local Methodist church.
    • Mrs Parsons wasn’t at church this Sunday.
    • She was actively involved in church groups.
    • The Catholic church teaches that life begins at conception.
    • The church is dedicated to St Paul.
    • The church was consecrated in 1250.
    • The early Church believed miracles were proof of who Jesus was.
    • There’s an interesting organ in the church.
    • They’re at church.
    • We decided not to get married in church.
    • a chamber concert at our local church
    • a church youth group
    • Church is at 9 o’clock.

    Word Origin

    • Old English cir(i)ce, cyr(i)ce, related to Dutch kerk and German Kirche, based on medieval Greek kurikon, from Greek kuriakon (dōma) ‘Lord's (house)’, from kurios ‘master or lord’. Compare with kirk.
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