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church


darken a church door

To attend church or a service therein. I was raised Catholic, but I haven't darkened a church door since I was 15 years old.See also: church, darken, door

broad church

1. A label referring to a group of 17th-century English theologians who adhered to some practices of the Church of England but disregarded other elements of the Church, such as doctrine and liturgical practice. Primarily heard in UK. The broad church movement in 17th-century England may have helped shape the more liberal views and practices of modern-day Christianity.2. A group or organization composed of various types of people with differing views, opinions, or philosophies. Primarily heard in UK. The Independent Party is a broad church as its members hold wildly differing opinions on how to best solve the problems facing society today.See also: broad, church

be as poor as church mice

To have little or no money. Now that we're paying a mortgage, we're as poor as church mice.See also: church, mice, poor

church ain't out till they quit singing

Something is not over yet. Yes, we've had some setbacks this season, but that's no excuse to give up. Church ain't out till they quit singing!See also: church, out, quit, singe, till

church key

A tool used to remove caps from glass bottles and puncture lids on cans. The phrase can also be used simply as slang for a bottle opener. Be sure to bring a church key with you so we can open up the bottles! Here, use this church key to open that can of soup.See also: church, key

(as) poor as a church mouse

Very poor; having little or no money. My father was as poor as a church mouse growing up, so his sole focus was to give his kids every opportunity in life that he missed out on. We've become poor as church mice ever since the bank raised the interest rates on our mortgage.See also: church, mouse, poor

the nearer the church, the farther from God

The higher up someone is in the church hierarchy, the more likely they are to be corrupt, immoral, or sinful. A: "It turns out the archbishop himself was the one who ran the entire cover-up operation." B: "Doesn't surprise me. The nearer the church, the farther from God." The highest order of the church is shrouded in secrecy, but the few reports that make their way to the public often detail a decadent, even vulgar lifestyle. I suppose, as they say, the nearer the church, the farther from God.See also: farther, god, nearer

(I'll) see you in church

dated Goodbye; I'll see you again soon or at the normal place or time. Uncommon when not used to literally refer to regular church services. A: "I'd better get going, Tom." B: "All right, Mark. See you in church!"See also: church, see

Church ain't out till they quit singing.

Rur. things have not yet reached the end. Charlie: No way our team can win now. Mary: Church ain't out till they quit singing. There's another inning to go.See also: church, out, quit, singe, till

church key

a two-ended device used to remove bottle tops and to pierce a hole in can lids. I'm looking for the church key so I can open this beer. She opened the can of tomato juice with the church key.See also: church, key

nearer the church, the farther from God

Prov. Church officials, or people who live near the church, are not truly pious. Jill: I think our pastor is an evil man. Jane: I didn't think evil men could be pastors. Jill: Of course they can! The nearer the church, the farther from God.See also: farther, god, nearer

*poor as a church mouse

 and *poor as church micevery poor. (*Also: as ~.) My aunt is as poor as a church mouse. The Browns are poor as church mice.See also: church, mouse, poor

poor as a churchmouse

Having little or no wealth and few possessions, as in She's poor as a churchmouse, so you can't expect her to donate anything. The reason for this long-used simile is unclear, but most believe that, since churches are not known for storing food, a mouse inside one would fare poorly. It has survived such earlier phrases as poor as Job. [Second half of 1600s] See also: churchmouse, poor

a broad church

BRITISHYou call an organization, group, or area of activity a broad church when it includes a wide range of opinions, beliefs, or styles. The movement is presently a very broad church, comprising, amongst others, trade unions, the church and the business community. Rock music in France is a very broad church indeed.See also: broad, church

poor as a church mouse

OLD-FASHIONEDIf someone is as poor as a church mouse, they have very little money. I was as poor as a church mouse, but I bought that wreck of a car. I suspect we'll continue to be poor as church mice. Note: Mice living in a church are unlikely to find much to eat as there is no kitchen or food cupboard. See also: church, mouse, poor

poor as a church mouse (or as church mice)

extremely poor. Church mice may be considered to be particularly poor or deprived in that they do not have the opportunity to find pickings from a kitchen or larder.See also: church, mouse, poor

a broad ˈchurch

(British English) an organization that accepts a wide range of opinionsSee also: broad, church

(as) poor as a church ˈmouse

very poor: She was as poor as a church mouse, living on a tiny pension. OPPOSITE: (as) rich as CroesusSee also: church, mouse, poor

church key

n. a beer can opener designed to puncture a can, leaving a triangular hole; a bottle opener. (Older. No longer widely known, but still in use. One type of bottle opener is formed from metal following the outline of a large keyhole. This may have contributed to the origin of this term.) Where is the church key when I need it? See also: church, key

See you in church

and CUIC sent. & comp. abb. See you around.; See you where I normally see you. (Has nothing to do with an actual church.) Bye. See you in church. See also: church, see

poor as a churchmouse

Singularly impecunious. This simile dates from the seventeenth century and its original analogy has been lost. Most authorities speculate that since a church usually has no place for food storage, such as a mouse might invade, mice would fare very poorly in churches. Indeed, James Howell’s 1659 proverb collection states it as hungry as a churchmouse. The current cliché has outlived the even older and once more common poor as Job (who in the Bible was deprived of all his possessions by Satan), poor as Lazarus, and poor as Job’s turkey (which, according to one of Thomas Haliburton’s Sam Slick tales, had only a single feather).See also: churchmouse, poor

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church

[probably Gr.,=divine], aggregation of Christian believers. The traditional belief has the church the community of believers, living and dead, headed by Jesus, who founded it in the apostles. This is the doctrine of the mystical body of Christ (Eph. 1.22–23). Some divisions speak of the church militant (the living), the church suffering (the dead in purgatory), and the church triumphant (the saints of heaven). The church is said to be recognizable by four marks (as in the Nicene Creed): it is one (united), holy (producing holy lives), catholic (universal, supranational), and apostolic (having continuity with the apostles). In the Orthodox Eastern Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Church of England, crucial importance is attached to the unbroken tradition, as handed down through the Holy Ghost (see apostolic successionapostolic succession,
in Christian theology, the doctrine asserting that the chosen successors of the apostles enjoyed through God's grace the same authority, power, and responsibility as was conferred upon the apostles by Jesus.
..... Click the link for more information. ); with this doctrine goes the apostolic power to administer grace through the sacramentssacrament
[Lat.,=something holy], an outward sign of something sacred. In Christianity, a sacrament is commonly defined as having been instituted by Jesus and consisting of a visible sign of invisible grace. Christianity is divided as to the number and operation of sacraments.
..... Click the link for more information. . Certain men of the Reformation rejected the doctrine of apostolic succession and substituted for the authority of the church the authority of Scripture alone. Protestants generally interpret the oneness of the church in a mystical sense; the true church is held to be invisibly present in all Christian denominations. The ecumenical movement in recent years has stimulated fresh study on the doctrine of the church.

church

[Gr. kuriakon=belonging to the Lord], in architecture, a building for Christian worship. The earliest churches date from the late 3d cent.; before then Christians, because of persecutions, worshiped secretly, especially in private houses. In Rome and some other cities Christians worshiped at the martyrs' tombs in the underground cemeteries, or catacombscatacombs
, cemeteries of the early Christians and contemporary Jews, arranged in extensive subterranean vaults and galleries. Besides serving as places of burial, the catacombs were used as hiding places from persecution, as shrines to saints and martyrs, and for funeral
..... Click the link for more information. . The catacomb chapel influenced the furnishing of churches, particularly the cryptcrypt
[Gr.,=hidden], vault or chamber beneath the main level of a church, used as a meeting place or burial place. It undoubtedly developed from the catacombs used by early Christians as places of worship. Early churches were commonly built over the tombs of martyrs.
..... Click the link for more information. . The basilicabasilica
, large building erected by the Romans for transacting business and disposing of legal matters. Rectangular in form with a roofed hall, the building usually contained an interior colonnade, with an apse at one end or at each end.
..... Click the link for more information.  form came to be standard in Western Europe, while in the East the norm became the square church of Byzantine architecture (see Byzantine art and architectureByzantine art and architecture,
works of art and structures works produced in the city of Byzantium after Constantine made it the capital of the Roman Empire (A.D. 330) and the work done under Byzantine influence, as in Venice, Ravenna, Norman Sicily, as well as in Syria,
..... Click the link for more information. ), derived from the shape of the Greek cross. The interior of the Eastern church is characterized by an image screen (iconostasis) rendering the sanctuary invisible to the lay worshipers, except that the altaraltar,
table or platform for the performance of religious sacrifice. In its simplest form the altar is a small pile, with a square or circular surface, made of stone or wood. Its features vary according to its purpose.
..... Click the link for more information.  may be seen through the doors of the screen. In the West, modifications of the basilica were developed in Romanesque architectureRomanesque architecture and art,
the artistic style that prevailed throughout Europe from the 10th to the mid-12th cent., although it persisted until considerably later in certain areas.
..... Click the link for more information.  and in Gothic architectureGothic architecture and art,
structures (largely cathedrals and churches) and works of art first created in France in the 12th cent. that spread throughout Western Europe through the 15th cent., and in some locations into the 16th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. . RenaissanceRenaissance
[Fr.,=rebirth], term used to describe the development of Western civilization that marked the transition from medieval to modern times. This article is concerned mainly with general developments and their impact in the fields of science, rhetoric, literature, and
..... Click the link for more information.  and baroquebaroque
, in art and architecture, a style developed in Europe, England, and the Americas during the 17th and early 18th cent.

The baroque style is characterized by an emphasis on unity among the arts.
..... Click the link for more information.  architecture produced innovations in ecclesiastical design. Western churches in general have an east-west orientationorientation,
in architecture, the disposition of the parts of a building with reference to the points of the compass. From remote antiquity the traditional belief in the efficacy of religious ceremonials performed at dawn toward the rising sun has influenced the orientation of
..... Click the link for more information.  with the altar at the eastern end. In America, Colonial architects developed an austerely beautiful type of spired church, patterned after the works of Christopher WrenWren, Sir Christopher,
1632–1723, English architect. A mathematical prodigy, he studied at Oxford. He was professor of astronomy at Gresham College, London, from 1657 to 1661, when he became Savilian professor of astronomy at Oxford.
..... Click the link for more information.  and James GibbsGibbs, James,
1682–1754, English architect, b. Scotland, studied in Rome under Carlo Fontana. Returning to England in 1709, he was appointed a member of the commission authorized to build 50 churches in London.
..... Click the link for more information. . Churches differ in importance according to their constitution and the position in the hierarchy of their clergy, the cathedralcathedral,
church in which a bishop presides. The designation is not dependent on the size or magnificence of a church edifice, but is entirely a matter of its assignment as the church in which the bishop shall officiate.
..... Click the link for more information.  being the bishop's church. See chapelchapel,
subsidiary place of worship. It is either an alcove or chamber within a church, a separate building, or a room set apart for the purpose of worship in a secular building. A movable shrine containing the cappa, or cloak, of St.
..... Click the link for more information. ; abbeyabbey,
monastic house, especially among Benedictines and Cistercians, consisting of not less than 12 monks or nuns ruled by an abbot or abbess. Many abbeys were originally self-supporting. In the Benedictine expansion after the 8th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. ; Hagia SophiaHagia Sophia
[Gr.,=Holy Wisdom] or Santa Sophia,
Turkish Aya Sofia, originally a Christian church at Constantinople (now İstanbul), later a mosque, and now converted into a museum.
..... Click the link for more information. ; Saint Peter's ChurchSaint Peter's Church,
Vatican City, principal and one of the largest churches of the Christian world. The present structure was built mainly between 1506 and 1626 on the original site of the Vatican cemetery and an early shrine to St. Peter. In the 4th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. ; articles on other important churches.

Church

An edifice or place of assemblage specifically set apart for Christian worship.

church

  1. any body of people, social institutions and associated beliefs and practices, constituting a distinctive religious grouping, e.g. the Methodist Church.
  2. the Christian church as a whole.
In a more technical sociological sense (as initiated by Troeltsch and by Weber), distinctions are also drawn between the church as any well-established religious body, and DENOMINATIONS, SECTS and CULTS, which, together with ‘churches’, can be seen as making up a continuum of types of religious organization (see CHURCH-SECT TYPOLOGY).

Church

 

(1) A special type of religious organization; an association of followers of any religious movement on the basis of common doctrine and rite. The chief distinguishing features of a church are the presence of a more or less elaborated dogmatic and ritual system, a hierarchical character and a centralized government, and the division of all members into professional ministers of the cult (clergy) and rank-and-file believers (laymen).

In all antagonistic social systems, the church is associated with the ruling classes and carries out important political, legal, and ideological functions, which support and sanctify exploiter relationships. In socialist countries, the church performs solely religious functions. Religious organizations, representing private associations of believers, have a single aim, namely, the joint exercise of religious rites; they are obliged to observe legislation governing cults. In the USSR and a majority of other socialist states, the church is separated from the state.

The church took final shape as an institution during the age of feudalism. In this period, it was especially.closely connected with the whole state and social structure, appearing, as F. Engels remarked, “as the most common synthesis and as the most common sanction of the existing feudal order” (in K. Marx and F. Engels, Soch., 2nd ed., vol. 7, p. 361). The church parish was not only a religious unit but also a social one, a special type of neighborhood community. All the members of society belonged to the church; excommunication from the church was a punishment and all who left the church qualified as heretics. For rank-and-file parishioners (peasants, tradesmen), the church building was not only a place for the exercise of rituals, but also a political and social center. Membership in a given church in the age of feudalism was based mainly not on conscious choice but on family and national traditions. The church was opposed by sects, which consisted of people who had broken away, deserting the dominant religion and advocating, as a rule, a rejection of the existing order. The majority of sects, in contradistinction to the church, were formulated on the basis of individual, conscious entries into the group.

Under capitalism, the position of the church, as also that of other religious organizations, changed substantially. The church lost us monopoly in various fields of intellectual activity, and in a number of capitalist countries, for example France and the USA, it was separated from the state and lost its former legal position.

A “religious pluralism” has arisen, in which religious organizations that are equal before the law compete with one another; with regard to religion, the individual is presented with a certain freedom of choice, a situation that masks the association of religious organizations and, particularly, the church with the ruling class. Capitalist industrialization and urbanization are changing the face of the basic church community: the role of the parish has been changed by the separation between place of work and place of residence, the strengthening of the social and territorial mobility of the population, and the spread of religious indifferentism and free-thinking. The religious group under capitalism does not coincide with any other social community. Many believers perceive their church membership in only a formal way. The differences between the church and sects are disappearing. The church has in fact ceased to include the whole population. Many sects have become mass organizations, losing their former exclusive character; their condemnation of the existing world order has often been replaced by a full acceptance of it.

The largest Christian churches are the Orthodox Church (composed of autocephalous churches), the Catholic Church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, and the Protestant churches (Anglican, Lutheran, Calvinist). Within Protestantism, many sects have been transformed into churches (Methodists, Baptists, and Mennonites).

Within Confucianism, Buddhism, and Judaism, such a clearly expressed corporate, centralized church organization as in Christianity has not developed, although in some cases a hierarchy of clergy exists. At the foundation of these religions lies an emphasis on the identity of the civil and religious community and a rejection in principle of the very idea of their separate existence and therefore of an autonomous religious collective in the form of a church.

D. M. UGRINOVICH

(2) The building for divine services in the Christian religion. In the course of the centuries-long history of Christianity, different types of churches took form among the various peoples, consisting at least of an altar, oriented toward the east, and a place for the congregation adjoining. More often the church is a complex of many interdependent parts.

The chief Christian church of a city or monastery is called a cathedral. A Lutheran church is usually called a kirk or kurk; a Polish Catholic Church is called a kościót.

What does it mean when you dream about a church?

A dream of a church often represents something sacred to the dreamer or symbolizes that the dreamer’s prayers, or prayers by others are being answered. It may also represent a deep inner need for spiritual nourishment or atonement.

church

An edifice or place of assemblage specifically set apart for Christian worship.

church

1. a building designed for public forms of worship, esp Christian worship 2. an occasion of public worship 3. the clergy as distinguished from the laity 4. institutionalized forms of religion as a political or social force 5. the collective body of all Christians 6. a particular Christian denomination or group of Christian believers 7. the Christian religion 8. (in Britain) the practices or doctrines of the Church of England and similar denominations

Church

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Church

(dreams)Dreaming about being in a church is more common than most people realize. Each week I get several requests to add church to the dictionary. This may be due to the fact that most of us went to church as children. From a very early age we had to go to church and were taught that there is a God. This was important in our life and to our families. Dreaming about churches, cathedrals, synagogues, or any other place of worship may represent our childhood associations with religion. At times, the dream may be a muddled childhood memory. The church could represent a need for greater spirituality in the dreamer’s life. It may express religious beliefs, everyday occurrences, issues of safety, security, and strength through community and religious expression. None of us can escape the age-old questions such as “Who am I?” and “What is the meaning of life?” Coping with our own physical mortality is a very big deal. Both our conscious and unconscious minds are continually working and bringing issues of relevance and concern into our awareness. Think about the details of your dream and make an attempt to honestly understand its meaning.

Church


CHURCH. In a moral or spiritual sense this word signifies a society of persons who profess the Christian religion; and in a physical or material sense, the place where such. persons assemble. The term church is nomen collectivum; it comprehends the chancel, aisles, and body of the church. Ham. N. P. 204.
2. By the English law, the terms church or chapel, and church-yard, are expressly recognized as in themselves correct and technical descriptions of the building and place, even in criminal proceedings. 8 B. & C. *25; 1 Salk. 256; 11 Co. 25 b; 2 Esp. 5, 28.
3. It is not within the plan of this work to give an account of the different local regulations in the United States respecting churches. References are here given to enable the inquirer to ascertain what they are, where such regulations are known to exist. 2 Mass. 500; 3 Mass. 166; 8 Mass. 96; 9 Mass. 277; Id. 254; 10 Mass. 323; 15 Mass. 296 16 Mass. 488; 6 Mass. 401; 10 Pick. 172 4 Day, C. 361; 1 Root Sec. 3, 440; Kirby, 45; 2 Caines' Cas. 336; 10 John. 217; 6 John. 85; 7 John. 112; 8 John. 464; 9 John. 147; 4 Desaus. 578; 5 Serg. & Rawle, 510; 11 Serg. & Rawle, 35; Metc. & Perk. Dig. h.t.; 4 Whart. 531.

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church


  • all
  • noun
  • adj
  • verb

Synonyms for church

noun chapel

Synonyms

  • chapel
  • temple
  • cathedral
  • kirk
  • minster
  • basilica
  • tabernacle
  • place of worship
  • house of God

noun denomination

Synonyms

  • denomination
  • belief
  • sect
  • persuasion
  • creed
  • communion
  • religious group
  • school

Synonyms for church

noun those who accept and practice a particular religious belief

Synonyms

  • communion
  • denomination
  • faith
  • persuasion
  • sect

adj of or relating to a church or to an established religion

Synonyms

  • churchly
  • ecclesiastical
  • religious
  • spiritual

Synonyms for church

noun one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

Synonyms

  • Christian church

Related Words

  • organized religion
  • religion
  • faith
  • Christendom
  • Christianity
  • Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church
  • Armenian Church
  • Catholic Church
  • Nestorian Church
  • Coptic Church
  • Protestant Church
  • Protestant
  • Unification Church
  • Christian

noun a place for public (especially Christian) worship

Synonyms

  • church building

Related Words

  • church service
  • church
  • abbey
  • amen corner
  • apse
  • apsis
  • basilica
  • cathedral
  • duomo
  • bema
  • chancel
  • sanctuary
  • church tower
  • kirk
  • lady chapel
  • narthex
  • nave
  • house of God
  • house of prayer
  • house of worship
  • place of worship
  • presbytery
  • rood screen
  • side chapel
  • transept
  • sacristy
  • vestry

noun a service conducted in a house of worship

Synonyms

  • church service

Related Words

  • divine service
  • religious service
  • service
  • Divine Office
  • church building
  • church
  • church bell
  • crypt
  • hassock
  • spire
  • steeple
  • Puritanism
  • banns
  • preaching
  • sermon
  • discourse
  • Anglican Church
  • Anglican Communion
  • Church of England
  • High Anglican Church
  • High Church
  • separationist
  • separatist
  • disestablish
  • attend
  • go to

noun the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church

Related Words

  • body
  • Christendom
  • Christianity

verb perform a special church rite or service for

Related Words

  • perform
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