church building
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1.0
- noun
- /tʃɜːrtʃ ˈbɪldɪŋ/
:
edificio de iglesia
- Further, they could make every church building and activity a model of modest consumption, recycling, and sustainable design.
- a new church building
Examples
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In 1988, the priest's house and the adjoining church building were the hub of a wide range of pastoral activities.
Academic text (1999) -
The parish is now working to restore the church building, located in downtown Samara.
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So, why the push to get everyone into a church building or setting?
Blog text (9) -
While in town, they found an empty church building on Lens Avenue in Norfolk.
Blog text (27) -
Perhaps the greatest misfortune of all was the devastation of the church building.
Academic text (1992) -
The longer Greensburg went without permanent church buildings, the more disconnected the older residents felt from the community.
Academic text (2011) -
The new church building is the tangible manifestation of the lesson they should glean from Shenoute's exegesis.
Academic text (2004) -
Elderly church members may find it difficult to relinquish the church building they have known all their lives.
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Final services were held Sunday in Sharon United Methodist Church's current church building at SouthPark.
Synonyms
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1.0
A building where Christians meet to pray and worship
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2.8
A small room for Christian worship often in a school or hospital
14
2.9
A place where people meet to pray or have religious services
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2.9
A building where people gather for prayer or religious services
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3.1
A building where people gather to pray, like a church
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8.4
A simple building where people meet for religious services, often used by Quakers
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3.8
A building where people meet to pray together
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'church' (a place for Christian worship) and 'building' (a physical edifice); together they clearly denote a building used for church services. This noun+noun compound follows a very common cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
The phrase church building simply names the building where a church meets for 'worship'. That's why it means 'a building used for Christian public worship'.