Church
41Church — This surname, with variant forms Churcher and Churchman, derives from the Old English pre 7th Century cyrice meaning church , (ultimately from the Greek Kyricaon , house of the Lord), and was originally given either as a topographical name to one …
42church*/*/*/ — [tʃɜːtʃ] noun 1) [C/U] a building that Christians go to in order to worship the church choir[/ex] She doesn t go to church very often these days.[/ex] 2) [C] a group of Christian churches with its own particular beliefs and structures the Roman… …
43church — /tʃɜtʃ / (say cherch) noun 1. an edifice for public Christian worship. 2. public worship of God in a church; church service. 3. (often upper case) the whole body of Christian believers. 4. (often upper case) any division of this body professing… …
44church — noun 1》 a building used for public Christian worship. 2》 (Church) a particular Christian organization with its own distinctive doctrines. 3》 institutionalized religion as a political or social force: the separation of church and state. verb… …
45church — noun 1 (C) a building where Christians go to worship 2 (U) the religious ceremonies in a church: Mrs Dobson invited us to dinner after church. 3 the church the profession of the clergy (=priests and other people employed by the church) 4… …
46church — see the Church is an anvil which has worn out many hammers the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church where God builds a church, the devil will build a chapel he is a good dog who goes to church the nearer the church, the farther from God …
47Church — I Church, Turing Maschine. II Church [tʃəːtʃ], 1) Alonzo, amerikanischer Mathematiker und Logiker, * Washington (D. C.) 14. 6. 1903, ✝ Hudson (Ohio) 11. 8. 1995; seit 1939 Professor an der Pr …
48church — A church is a large, bureaucratic, and hierarchical religious organization, which typically recruits from the upper and middle classes. It has a priesthood, sacraments, and formal liturgy. Lay participation, especially in worship, is not… …
49church — n 1. place of worship, house of prayer, house of God, the Lord s house, meeting house, (usu. in reference to Nonconformists) conventicle; basilica, cathedral, minster; chapel, oratory, sacellum, chantry, shrine, vestry, bethel; sanctuary,… …
50church — [[t]tʃɜrtʃ[/t]] n. 1) rel a building for public Christian worship 2) rel a religious service in a church 3) rel (cap.) a) the whole body of Christian believers; Christendom b) rel any major division of this body; a Christian denomination 4) rel a …
