[
UK
/tʃˈɜːtʃ/
]
[ US /ˈtʃɝtʃ/ ]
[ US /ˈtʃɝtʃ/ ]
NOUN
- one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
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a service conducted in a house of worship
don't be late for church -
the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church
our church is hosting a picnic next week -
a place for public (especially Christian) worship
the church was empty
VERB
-
perform a special church rite or service for
church a woman after childbirth
How To Use church In A Sentence
- Clinton will fight for the American people, and Obama will sit in a racest church for another 20 years where The "rev" is preaching hate, racism, and black seperatism. Clinton: Put down the Blackberry at home
- To supplement his income, he taught private voice lessons in his home and sang in a church choir.
- The funeral will be held according to church.
- Thousands of animists joined the Church in 2000 and 1000 adult catechumens are scheduled to be received this Easter.
- The coulpe or peccavi, is made for a very small matter — a broken glass, a torn veil, an involuntary delay of a few seconds at an office, a false note in church, etc.; this suffices, and the coulpe is made. Les Miserables
- The priest hushes him with a frown: ‘Quiet, this is a church.’
- The cost of repairing the fabric of the church was very high.
- The squire took down from the mantel his long-stemmed "churchwarden" pipe. Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812
- They will learn more about Churchill than from this diffuse, badly edited book. Times, Sunday Times
- The book is a sustained diatribe questioning Churchill's actions from the early 1930s through 1941.