church
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1.0
- noun
- /tʃɜrʧ/
- The members of our church meet every Sunday for worship together.
- church members
- church leaders
- church attenders
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Watch on YouTubePeople in the church hurt you, not God.
- People in the church hurt you, not God.
- It's in our DNA and these churches want to suppress that.
- I grew up Christian, raised in the church all day long on Sundays.
- Just as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for her.
- Think about it, parents, friends, your church, your community.
- A lot of people in the church, they're celebrities there.
- I'm not this is just how the church works through social pressure.
- I thought she was worshipping the church and she wasn't.
- And the church was full of people, but the church had changed.
- But I would say this find a church that challenges you to grow.
- Like for example, Paul, who was a persecutor of the church, became a Christian.
- So they're just wanting their church members to live longer.
- Where do you see the church going on transgender issues?
- And look at this, boy, that little church goer, you feel me?
- Every lady I didn't help, every church, every.
- I mean, most things, most churches, most events, most movements, most things.
Examples
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I haven't seen you at church lately.
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Think about it, parents, friends, your church, your community.
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We have this at my church, and we love it.
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You have to come back to the church for the Lord.
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And the church was full of people, but the church had changed.
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What he had lost faith in was the church.
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You sound like a man who knows his way to church.
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People from our own churches also came to see what we were up to.
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I grew up Christian, raised in the church all day long on Sundays.
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They say our church is cursed, that God has abandoned us.
Synonyms
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3.7
People who meet regularly in a church to worship
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4.1
A local church community, usually Christian, and the area it serves
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7.5
A group of people who belong to the same church
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To enter a church reluctantly because you feel ashamed or guilty
Compounds
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2.8
A Protestant church where people who choose to join are often fully washed under water as a sign of faith
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5.1
An American church that follows the Anglican tradition and is connected to the Church of England
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3.2
A Christian group that follows John Wesley's teaching and cares about personal faith and social justice
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3.5
A Christian church founded in 1830 by Joseph Smith and based in Salt Lake City, Utah
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3.7
A Christian church led by the Pope in the Vatican that has its own teachings and services
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4.2
A Christian church that follows John Calvin and has leaders called elders
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3.5
A group of Christian churches that follow old Byzantine worship and traditions
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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
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7.9
A religious group that teaches people to improve their spirit and overcome past problems
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2.7
Churches that split from the Catholic Church and follow Christian teachings different from Catholic ones
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4.1
A Christian church that began in England with the British king or queen as its head
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4.7
A Protestant Christian group in the United States formed in 1957 when two church groups joined
- Formal
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9.9
A Christian writer from the early centuries whose writings help shape church teaching
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4.1
A large Eastern Christian church in Russia led by a church leader called the Patriarch
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4.8
A Protestant Christian group where each local church makes its own decisions
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4.6
Christian churches that came from the Byzantine tradition, for example the Eastern Orthodox Church
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4.1
The main Christian church in Greece that follows the Eastern Orthodox tradition
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3.7
A group of Christian churches that follow Eastern ways of worship and do not accept the Pope's authority
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9.2
A religious group from South Korea started by Sun Myung Moon that mixes Christian ideas and holds large group weddings
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3.0
A Protestant group that uses the Bible as the only guide and baptizes by putting people fully into water
- Formal
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9.6
A saint in the Roman Catholic Church honored for important religious teaching and writing
- Formal
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9.9
A leading early Christian writer whose teachings helped form church beliefs
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5.3
A Christian church also called the Eastern Orthodox Church that follows Byzantine rites
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5.1
A yearly cycle of seasons and special days that Christians observe, like Christmas and Easter
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8.9
A group in the Anglican Church that uses formal, Catholic-style services and rituals
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8.3
The Christian church in the Eastern Roman Empire with old worship services and traditions
- UK
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7.4
A decorative, often large hat that some women, especially Black women, wear to church on Sundays
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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
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8.8
A Protestant Christian group that opposes military service, refuses to take legal oaths and baptizes by three full immersions
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4.9
A Christian church in Ireland that was once part of the Church of England but now runs itself
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3.6
A calendar showing Christian holy days, festivals, and fasting times throughout the year
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9.2
A small religious group with unusual beliefs and practices outside larger churches
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6.5
A Christian church in the United States that comes from the Church of England
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7.7
A branch of the Anglican Church that follows many Catholic-style rituals and ceremonies
- Literature
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9.9
An early Slavic language used in the ninth century to translate the Bible and other church texts
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9.9
A Christian church in the Middle East that taught Jesus had two separate natures
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7.0
A Christian group in the United States formed when the Congregational Church and the Christian Church joined
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7.2
A Christian church in Scotland that is part of the worldwide Anglican Communion
- Specialized
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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
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Church can mean the people who regularly belong to a congregation because they are the group who belong to the 'Lord's house' from kyriakon 'belonging to the Lord'.