A building for public Christian worship or rites such as baptism, marriage, etc., traditionally cruciform in shape, and typically having a tower…
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| 释义 | society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > church or place of worship > [noun] (34) churcheOE A building for public Christian worship or rites such as baptism, marriage, etc., traditionally cruciform in shape, and typically having a tower… God's houseOE A place of worship; = house of God at house, n.1 2. kirkc1175 = church, n.1 I. Chiefly northern. (See etymological note.) Now rare. temple1399 transferred. A building dedicated to public Christian worship; a church: esp. applied to a large or grand edifice. steeple1555 Used by metonymy for church. In nonce-phrases: the sign of the steeple (referring to monastic hospitality); bigamy of steeples, plurality of… church building1605 A building constructed for public Christian worship; = church, n.1 1a. steeple-house1644 Used by the early Quakers (and, before them, sometimes by other scrupulous persons) instead of ‘church’, on the ground that that word ought not… shrine1645 A place where worship is offered or devotions are paid to a saint or deity; a temple, church. Dominical1659 The Lord's house; a church. Obsolete. rare. religion shop1811 a church. Subcategories:— ancient Irish or Scottish (1) — in country (1) — in which seats are free (1) — built with aid of parliamentary grant (1) — little (1) — at which marriage is performed (1) — Mormon (1) — off-shoot (1) — parish (6) — Protestant (French) (1) — made of staves (1) — set up in vacant store (2) — made of wattle-work (1) — in Westminster Abbey: Poet's Corner (1) — without incumbent (1) — built from wealth produced by wool trade (1) — transportation to different site (1) — divestiture of character or status of (1) |
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