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church C0347400 (chûrch)n.1. A building for public, especially Christian worship.2. often Churcha. The company of all Christians regarded as a spiritual body.b. A specified Christian denomination: the Presbyterian Church.c. A congregation.3. Public divine worship in a church; a religious service: goes to church at Christmas and Easter.4. The clerical profession; clergy.5. Ecclesiastical power as distinguished from the secular: the separation of church and state.tr.v. churched, church·ing, church·es To conduct a church service for, especially to perform a religious service for (a woman after childbirth).adj. Of or relating to the church; ecclesiastical.
[Middle English chirche, from Old English cirice, ultimately from Medieval Greek kūrikon, from Late Greek kūriakon (dōma), the Lord's (house), neuter of Greek kūriakos, of the lord, from kūrios, lord; see keuə- in Indo-European roots.]churching (ˈtʃɜːtʃɪŋ) n (Ecclesiastical Terms) the act of bringing someone, esp a woman after childbirth, to church for special ceremoniesEncyclopediaSeechurchLegalSeeChurch |