church
506
1.0
- noun
- /tʃɜrʧ/
- The people carrying incense and rosemary accompanied San Francisco into the church where prayers were recited.
- a church service
- go to church
- attend church
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- We were holding, we were holding church in that bar.
- Whenever people go to temple or go to church, they sing kinky boots.
- And it wasn't until I started going to church that it filled that hole.
- Did you go to church today?
- Yahshua, why don't you go to church?
- Yes, there was no blogging in church.
- People from all over the world flew in to see this guy go to church.
- When we had the church thing, The people that turned up.
- If you'd not gone to church that day, what would the Jeff look like?
Examples
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Uncle John met her in church.
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We're going home right after church, so they won't be alone for too long.
Fiction book (1991) -
Did you go to church today?
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I miss her working at the church office.
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You all going to church tomorrow?
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At least give us some hope about your coming to church.
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And tomorrow, we'll go to church.
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They were married in a church.
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The teachers at the church preschool did not have time for more training.
Academic text (2012) -
Many families attend church on Sundays to worship together.
Synonyms
300
4.2
A religious meeting for public worship, often in a church
27
8.9
A planned public worship service with fixed prayers and actions
22
2.1
A meeting in a church where people pray, sing, and listen to a talk
11
3.5
A short religious service often held at a school
10
3.0
A religious meeting where people talk to God and sing songs
9
2.9
A formal event where people meet to show shared beliefs with prayers and rituals
7
2.8
A public event where people pray, sing, and listen in a church or temple
2
4.1
A formal ceremony that people follow as part of a religion
1
4.5
A short religious meeting in a small church with prayers and songs
1
7.2
A set way churches use for worship with prayers and hymns
A formal church service with set ceremonies and a serious mood
Idioms
- Informal
To enter a church reluctantly because you feel ashamed or guilty
Compounds
68
2.8
A Protestant church where people who choose to join are often fully washed under water as a sign of faith
31
5.1
An American church that follows the Anglican tradition and is connected to the Church of England
27
3.2
A Christian group that follows John Wesley's teaching and cares about personal faith and social justice
21
3.5
A Christian church founded in 1830 by Joseph Smith and based in Salt Lake City, Utah
21
3.7
A Christian church led by the Pope in the Vatican that has its own teachings and services
18
4.2
A Christian church that follows John Calvin and has leaders called elders
17
3.5
A group of Christian churches that follow old Byzantine worship and traditions
11
3.7
The national Christian church in England led by the Archbishop of Canterbury with the British monarch as its head
A Christian church started in 1830 by Joseph Smith, based in Salt Lake City
7
7.9
A religious group that teaches people to improve their spirit and overcome past problems
7
2.7
Churches that split from the Catholic Church and follow Christian teachings different from Catholic ones
7
4.1
A Christian church that began in England with the British king or queen as its head
5
4.7
A Protestant Christian group in the United States formed in 1957 when two church groups joined
- Formal
4
9.9
A Christian writer from the early centuries whose writings help shape church teaching
4
4.1
A large Eastern Christian church in Russia led by a church leader called the Patriarch
3
4.8
A Protestant Christian group where each local church makes its own decisions
3
4.6
Christian churches that came from the Byzantine tradition, for example the Eastern Orthodox Church
2
4.1
The main Christian church in Greece that follows the Eastern Orthodox tradition
1
3.7
A group of Christian churches that follow Eastern ways of worship and do not accept the Pope's authority
1
9.2
A religious group from South Korea started by Sun Myung Moon that mixes Christian ideas and holds large group weddings
1
3.0
A Protestant group that uses the Bible as the only guide and baptizes by putting people fully into water
- Formal
1
9.6
A saint in the Roman Catholic Church honored for important religious teaching and writing
- Formal
1
9.9
A leading early Christian writer whose teachings helped form church beliefs
1
5.3
A Christian church also called the Eastern Orthodox Church that follows Byzantine rites
1
5.1
A yearly cycle of seasons and special days that Christians observe, like Christmas and Easter
1
8.9
A group in the Anglican Church that uses formal, Catholic-style services and rituals
1
8.3
The Christian church in the Eastern Roman Empire with old worship services and traditions
- UK
1
7.4
A decorative, often large hat that some women, especially Black women, wear to church on Sundays
1
7.8
A group of churches that left the Roman Catholic Church over the pope's authority
A Christian religious group that believes prayer can heal people and follows the writings of Mary Baker Eddy
1
8.8
A Protestant Christian group that opposes military service, refuses to take legal oaths and baptizes by three full immersions
1
4.9
A Christian church in Ireland that was once part of the Church of England but now runs itself
1
3.6
A calendar showing Christian holy days, festivals, and fasting times throughout the year
1
9.2
A small religious group with unusual beliefs and practices outside larger churches
1
6.5
A Christian church in the United States that comes from the Church of England
1
7.7
A branch of the Anglican Church that follows many Catholic-style rituals and ceremonies
- Literature
1
9.9
An early Slavic language used in the ninth century to translate the Bible and other church texts
1
9.9
A Christian church in the Middle East that taught Jesus had two separate natures
1
7.0
A Christian group in the United States formed when the Congregational Church and the Christian Church joined
1
7.2
A Christian church in Scotland that is part of the worldwide Anglican Communion
- Specialized
1
9.9
A pattern of musical notes used in old church music that gives a melody its own sound
A Protestant Christian church formed in 1934 when two American churches joined
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Church can mean the religious service held in that building because the 'Lord's house' from kyriakon 'belonging to the Lord' is where the service happens, so the same word was used for the ceremony.