church

Etymology
From, from , from , an early borrowing of , neuter form of , from , from. For vowel evolution, see. was used of houses of Christian worship since circa 300, especially in the East, though it was less common in this sense than or. An example of the direct Greek-to-Germanic progress of many Christian words, possibly via the ; it was probably used by West Germanic people in their pre-Christian period. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬. Also picked up by Slavic, via 🇨🇬 (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬). Romance and Celtic languages use descendants of Latin.

Noun



 * 1)  A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.
 * 2) Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity; Christendom.
 * 3) * Acts 20:28, New International Version:
 * Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.
 * 1)  A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.
 * 2)  A particular denomination of Christianity.
 * 3)  Christian worship held at a church; service.
 * 4)  Organized religion in general or a specific religion considered as a political institution.
 * 5)  Any religious group or place of worship; a temple.
 * 6)  Assembly.
 * 1)  A particular denomination of Christianity.
 * 2)  Christian worship held at a church; service.
 * 3)  Organized religion in general or a specific religion considered as a political institution.
 * 4)  Any religious group or place of worship; a temple.
 * 5)  Assembly.
 * 1)  Christian worship held at a church; service.
 * 2)  Organized religion in general or a specific religion considered as a political institution.
 * 3)  Any religious group or place of worship; a temple.
 * 4)  Assembly.
 * 1)  Organized religion in general or a specific religion considered as a political institution.
 * 2)  Any religious group or place of worship; a temple.
 * 3)  Assembly.
 * 1)  Any religious group or place of worship; a temple.
 * 2)  Assembly.
 * 1)  Any religious group or place of worship; a temple.
 * 2)  Assembly.
 * 1)  Assembly.
 * 1)  Assembly.
 * 1)  Assembly.

Usage notes

 * Several senses of church are routinely used in prepositional phrases as a bare noun, without a determiner or article. This is like and unlike.
 * Often capitalized as "(the) Church" without referring to a specific formal institution with that title.

Hyponyms
See also Thesaurus:church

Verb

 * 1)  To conduct a religious service for (a woman after childbirth, or a newly married couple).


 * 1)  To educate someone religiously, as in in a church.
 * 1)  To educate someone religiously, as in in a church.

Translations

 * Swedish: kyrkta, kyrktaga

Interjection

 * 1)  Expressing strong agreement.
 * - These burritos are the best!
 * - Church!
 * - Church!