Lutheran Church
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- noun
- /ˈluːθərən tʃɜːrtʃ/
:
iglesia luterana
- For example, the Lutheran Church provided a safe haven for those who collected information on the environment.
- Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
- Lutheran Church in America
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Examples
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My parents were married in the spring at Immanuel Lutheran Church.
Fiction book (1990) -
Swedo-Finnish nationals, however, still had to be members of the Lutheran Church.
Academic text (1998) -
Currently, about 85 percent of the population belongs to the Lutheran Church.
Academic text (1998) -
To leave the Lutheran Church, a person had to be confirmed and at least twenty-one years of age.
Academic text (1998) -
Developments within the Lutheran Church are indicative of that reality.
Academic text (1996) -
In the 1950s and early 1960s, the general attitude towards the majority's Lutheran Church was relatively positive.
Academic text (1998) -
Then the red-haired pastor from the local Lutheran Church came, wearing a casual Sunday suit and a pleasant smile.
Fiction book (1990) -
More significantly, loss of wealth undermined Saxon nationalist institutions such as the Lutheran Church and its schools.
Academic text (2016) -
My colleague, Pastor Glen VanderKloot of Faith Lutheran Church in Springfield, Illinois, sends out daily emailed inspirations.
Blog text (7) -
I attended a service at the local Lutheran Church that emphasizes community outreach.
Synonyms
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A form of Christianity based on Martin Luther's teaching that people are saved by faith alone
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: 'Lutheran' denotes affiliation with Martin Luther's teachings and 'church' denotes a Christian body, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it refers to the Protestant denomination. This adjective+church pattern is common and mirrored in many languages (e.g. Iglesia Luterana), making the meaning predictable for B1 learners.
Etymology
Lutheran Church comes from the name of Martin Luther, a German priest who long ago disagreed with the main church and led a new group. People who followed him were called 'Lutherans', so today Lutheran Church means the Christian church that follows his teachings.