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church

noun
/ˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ/UK/ˈt͡ʃɝt͡ʃ/US/ˈt͡ʃʊrt͡ʃ/

Etymology

From Middle English chirche, from Old English ċiriċe (“church”), from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, an early borrowing of Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón), neuter form of κυριακός (kuriakós, “belonging to the lord”), from κύριος (kúrios, “ruler, lord”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“to swell, spread out, be strong, prevail”). Doublet of kirk. Additional etymological information For vowel evolution, see bury. Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón) was used of houses of Christian worship since circa 300 CE, especially in the East, though it was less common in this sense than ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “congregation”) or βασιλική (basilikḗ, “royal thing”). An example of the direct Greek-to-Germanic progress of many Christian words, possibly via the Goths; it was probably used by West Germanic people in their pre-Christian period. Cognate with Scots kirk (“church”), West Frisian tsjerke (“church”), Saterland Frisian Säärke (“church”), Dutch kerk (“church”), German Kirche (“church”), Danish kirke (“church”), Swedish kyrka (“church”), Norwegian Bokmål kirke, Norwegian Nynorsk kyrkje (“church”), and Icelandic kirkja (“church”). Also picked up by Slavic, via Old High German chirihha (compare Old Church Slavonic црькꙑ (crĭky), Bulgarian църква (cǎrkva), Russian це́рковь (cérkovʹ)). Romance and Celtic languages use descendants of Latin ecclēsia.

  1. derived from *ḱewh₁-✻
  2. derived from κυριακόν
  3. inherited from *kirikā✻
  4. inherited from ċiriċe
  5. inherited from chirche

Definitions

  1. A Christian house of worship

    A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.

    • There is a lovely little church in the valley.
    • This building used to be a church before being converted into a library.
    • He got the message and was in church the next Sunday. We need to stay in church with the fellowship of others in order to keep the fire of faith burning brightly.

  2. Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community

    Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity; Christendom.

    • These worshippers make up the Church of Christ.
    • Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.

  3. A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.

    • Many young people find their only role models of family life in church.
    • He got the message and was in church the next Sunday. We need to stay in church with the fellowship of others in order to keep the fire of faith burning brightly.
    • As they actively get involved in ministry, lay ministry becomes vigorous, and new believers will settle in church with more ease.
  4. ›+ 13 more definitions

    1. A particular denomination of Christianity.

      • The Church of England separated from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534.

    2. Christian worship held at a church

      Christian worship held at a church; service.

      • Pastors complained that they were not allowed enough authority in church, with women exercising too much informal control.
      • Some people are always saying, "Oh, you have too much church." You never get too much church. I go to church every day.
      • the learned women will be qualified to lead in church with equal grace and equal insight and equal gifts.

    3. Organized religion in general or a specific religion considered as a political…

      Organized religion in general or a specific religion considered as a political institution.

      • Many constitutions enshrine the separation of church and state.
      • But in Muslim countries, Church and State are one indissolubly, and until the very essence of Islam passes away, that unity cannot be relaxed. The law of the land, too, is, in theory, the law of the Church.
      • Because the pan-Buddhist movement was heavily supported by the Japanese in Inner Mongolia, the Buddhist church, already under attack by Soviet-backed antireligion campaigns in Outer Mongolia, was further damaged […]

    4. Any religious group or place of worship

      Any religious group or place of worship; a temple.

      • She goes to a Wiccan church down the road.
      • Among these, the church must investigate fundemental questions, […]

    5. Assembly.

    6. To conduct a religious service for (a woman after childbirth, or a newly married couple).

      • Nor did it [the Church] accept that the woman should stay indoors until she had been churched.

    7. To educate someone religiously, as in a church.

    8. Used to express strong agreement.

      • – These burritos are the best! – Church!

    9. A surname.

    10. A specific church (Christian religious denomination), such as the Church of England or…

      A specific church (Christian religious denomination), such as the Church of England or the Catholic Church.

      • John was a convert to the Church who left his home in England and traveled to the Salt Lake Valley as part of a handcart company.
      • Thus, the Church considers all goodness and truth found in these religions as "a preparation for the Gospel and given by him who enlightens all men that they may at length have life."

    11. Christianity conceptualized as a single church, irrespective of its various denominations

      Christianity conceptualized as a single church, irrespective of its various denominations; Christendom.

      • the Son in Heaven and the Church on Earth

    12. A village in Hyndburn borough, near Accrington, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7429).

    13. An unincorporated community in Allamakee County, Iowa, United States.

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Derived

and the church says amen, antechurch, antichurch, at church every time the doors are open, at church every time the doors swing open, cathedral church, champ, champing, chopchurch, Christchurch, Church Age, churchal, church-ale, churchane, Church Assembly, Church Brampton, Church Broughton, church council, Church Cross, church crown, churchdom, church-door, church door, Church Eaton, Church End, Churcher, Church Father, Church Fenton, churchful, Churchgate, church giggle, church giggles, church-goer, churchgoer, churchgoing, church-going, churchhouse, church hurt, Churchianity, churchical · +96 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at church. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at church. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at church

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA