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单词 church schools
释义

church /chûrch/

noun
  1. A building set apart for public worship, esp that of a parish, and esp that of an established or once established form of the Christian religion
  2. A church service
  3. The whole body of Christians
  4. The Christian clergy
  5. Any particular sect or denomination of Christians
  6. Any body professing a common creed
adjective
  1. Of the church
  2. Ecclesiastical
  3. Belonging to the established church (informal)
transitive verb

To perform a service in church with (eg a woman after childbirth, a newly-married couple, etc)

ORIGIN: OE cirice, circe, from Gr kȳriakon belonging to the Lord, from kȳrios lord

churchianˈity noun

Devotion to the church rather than to Christ

churchˈing noun

churchˈism noun

  1. Adherence to the form of principles of some church
  2. Ecclesiasticism

churchˈless adjective

  1. Not belonging to a church
  2. Without church approval or blessing

churchˈly adjective

  1. Concerned with the church
  2. Ecclesiastical

churchˈward or churchˈwards adverb

churchˈy adjective

  1. Obtrusively devoted to the church
  2. Like or savouring of the church or church life

churchˈ-ale noun

A church festival

Church Army noun

An organization of the Church of England, resembling the Salvation Army

churchˈ-bench noun (Shakespeare)

A seat in the porch of a church

Church Commissioners plural noun

A group of churchmen, government and legal representatives, who act as trustees in administering the property of the Church of England

church court noun

  1. A court for deciding ecclesiastical causes
  2. A kirk session
  3. A presbytery, synod, or general assembly

churchˈgoer noun

A person on the way to, or who regularly goes to, church

churchˈgoing noun

The act or habit of going to church

church key noun (US)

A pointed lever-like tool for making pouring- or drinking-holes in tin cans

churchˈman noun

  1. A clergyman or ecclesiastic
  2. A member or upholder of the established church

churchˈmanship noun

The beliefs, practices, etc, of a clergyman or practising church member, esp high or low church attitudes to Anglican doctrine

church militant noun

The church on earth in its struggle against the powers of evil

church mouse noun

A mouse inhabiting a church, a proverbial example of poverty

church officer noun

A church attendant or beadle

church-paradeˈ noun

A uniformed parade of a military or other body for the purpose of churchgoing

churchˈpeople plural noun

churchˈ-rate noun

An assessment for the sustentation of the fabric, etc of the parish church

church school noun

  1. A school controlled or run by a church
  2. An organization for religious education run by a church (N American)

church service noun

  1. A religious service in a church
  2. The form followed
  3. A book containing it

Church Slavonic noun

The liturgical language used in the Orthodox Church in Russia, Serbia, etc

church text noun

A thin and tall form of black-letter Gothic print

church triumphant noun

The portion of the church which has overcome this world and entered into glory

churchˈwarden noun

  1. An elected lay officer who represents the interests of a parish or church
  2. A long-stemmed clay pipe

churchˈway noun

The public way or road that leads to the church

churchˈwoman noun

A female member or upholder of a church, esp the Anglican Church

churchˈyard noun

A burial ground round a church

churchyard beetle noun

A nocturnal ground beetle (Blaps mucronata) typically found in damp places such as cellars

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