Thesaurus: church

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1. n. A building set apart for Christian worship.
2. n. A Jewish or heathen temple.
3. n. A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together.
4. n. A body of Christian believers, holding the same creed, observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a denomination; as, the Roman Catholic church; the Presbyterian church.
5. n. The collective body of Christians.
6. n. Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm.
7. n. The aggregate of religious influences in a community; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of the church against some moral evil.
8. v. t. To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women.
9. n. one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
10. n. a place for public (especially Christian) worship
11. n. a service conducted in a house of worship
12. n. the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church