church
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/t͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ/]
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Senses
1. church (noun) — sense 1
Definition: A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.
Example: There is a lovely little church in the valley.
2. church (noun) — sense 2
Definition: Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity; Christendom.
Example: These worshippers make up the Church of Christ.
3. church (noun) — sense 3
Definition: A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.
Example: Many young people find their only role models of family life in church.
4. church (verb) — sense 4
Definition: To conduct a religious service for (a woman after childbirth, or a newly married couple).
Example: Thenne after this lady was delyuerd and chirched / there came a knyghte vnto her / his name was sire Bromel la pleche / the whiche was a grete lord and he hadde loued that lady longe / and he euermore desyred her to wedde her / and soo by no meane she coude putte hym of
5. church (verb) — sense 5
Definition: To educate someone religiously, as in a church.
Example: “we’re mighty glad to have you all here. Don’t pay no ‘tention to Lula, she’s contentious because Reverend Sykes threatened to church her. She’s a troublemaker from way back, got fancy ideas an’ haughty ways—we’re mighty glad to have you all.”
6. church (intj) — sense 6
Definition: Used to express strong agreement.
Example: – These burritos are the best! – Church!
Structure of the word
Roots:- ḱewh₁ (Proto-Indo-European)
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