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church (s), churches (pl)
1. A building for public Christian worship.
2. The public worship of God or a religious service in such a building.
3. When capitalized, the whole body of Christian believers; Christendom.
4. Sometimes capitalized: any division of this body professing the same creed and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a Christian denomination: Methodist Church; Catholic Church, etc.
5. That part of the whole Christian body, or of a particular denomination, belonging to the same city, country, nation, etc.
6. A group of Christians worshipping in a particular building or constituting one congregation.
7. An ecclesiastical organization, power, and affairs, as distinguished from the state or secular government.
8. The clergy and religious officials of a Christian denomination.
2. The public worship of God or a religious service in such a building.
3. When capitalized, the whole body of Christian believers; Christendom.
4. Sometimes capitalized: any division of this body professing the same creed and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a Christian denomination: Methodist Church; Catholic Church, etc.
5. That part of the whole Christian body, or of a particular denomination, belonging to the same city, country, nation, etc.
6. A group of Christians worshipping in a particular building or constituting one congregation.
7. An ecclesiastical organization, power, and affairs, as distinguished from the state or secular government.
8. The clergy and religious officials of a Christian denomination.
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“church”
(Greek: Lord's house)
(Greek: called out; church)
(a father of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin known as the Vulgate)
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electronic church
In the U.S., religious television programs of a church or evangelistic service designed for mass audiences, usually conducted by preachers of great personal appeal.
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church, churches
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electro-, electr-, electri-
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Going to church doesn't make a person a Christian, any more than standing in a garage makes him or her a car.
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paraprosdokian, paraprosdokia
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