[
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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- The squire took down from the mantel his long-stemmed "churchwarden" pipe. Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812
- The church was dedicated to St Anthony of Egypt, patron saint of swineherds and of charcoal burners, a trade carried out on the fell for many years in the past.
- The cost of repairing the fabric of the church was very high.
- The area of domination and control that affected me the longest isn't limited to just my small church. Christianity Today
- Our staff were asked to be bearers at his funeral service held at St Andrew's Church.
- The chapel or church claims greater antiquity than any other in that part of the kingdom; but there is no appearance of this in the external aspect of the present edifice, unless it be in the two eastern windows, which remain unmodernized, and in the lower part of the steeple. The Life of Charlotte Bronte