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[church] 
–noun
| 1. | a building for public Christian worship. |
| 2. | public worship of God or a religious service in such a building: to attend church regularly. |
| 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: the Methodist Church. |
| 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: She is a member of this church. |
| 7. | ecclesiastical organization, power, and affairs, as distinguished from the state: separation of church and state; The missionary went wherever the church sent him. |
| 8. | the clergy and religious officials of a Christian denomination. |
| 9. | the Christian faith: a return of intellectuals to the church. |
| 10. | (initial capital letter) the Christian Church before the Reformation. |
| 11. | (initial capital letter) the Roman Catholic Church. |
| 12. | the clerical profession or calling: After much study and contemplation, he was prepared to enter the church. |
| 13. | a place of public worship of a non-Christian religion. |
| 14. | any non-Christian religious society, organization, or congregation: the Jewish church. |
–verb (used with object)
| 15. | to conduct or bring to church, esp. for special services. |
| 16. | South Midland and Southern U.S. to subject to church discipline. |
| 17. | to perform a church service of thanksgiving for (a woman after childbirth). |
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| church (chûrch) n.
To conduct a church service for, especially to perform a religious service for (a woman after childbirth). adj. Of or relating to the church; ecclesiastical. [Middle English chirche, from Old English cirice, ultimately from Medieval Greek kūrikon, from Late Greek kūriakon (dōma), the Lord's (house), neuter of Greek kūriakos, of the lord, from kūrios, lord; see keuə- in Indo-European roots.] |
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