baznīca

Etymology
Borrowed from, probably specifically from the dialectal form (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, ultimately from 🇨🇬 or . The first vowel a (< *o) suggests that the borrowing occurred at some point in the 13th century, although the term itself is first mentioned only in the 16th century (as  and ; the modern form  is first attested in 17th-century sources).

Noun

 * 1) church building used for worship by Christians
 * 2) church organization of Christian believers belonging to one denomination
 * 3)  church the set of religious groups and institutions in a country
 * 1) church organization of Christian believers belonging to one denomination
 * 2)  church the set of religious groups and institutions in a country
 * 1) church organization of Christian believers belonging to one denomination
 * 2)  church the set of religious groups and institutions in a country
 * 1)  church the set of religious groups and institutions in a country
 * 1)  church the set of religious groups and institutions in a country
 * 1)  church the set of religious groups and institutions in a country
 * 1)  church the set of religious groups and institutions in a country