church

CEFRA1

/ˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A building where Christians worship.

  2. 02

    noun

    The Christian religion or its organized community.

Examples

  • We could hear the donnnng ... donnnng of the church bells nearby.

  • The procession moved into the church.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Also pronounced

  • /ˈt͡ʃeːt͡ʃ/
  • /ˈt͡ʃʊrt͡ʃ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.

  2. Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity; Christendom.

  3. A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.

More examples

In context

  • Tonight we're going to church.

  • There is a lovely little church in the valley.

  • These worshippers make up the Church of Christ.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English chirche, from Old English ċiriċe (“church”), from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, an early borrowing of Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón), neuter form of κυριακός (kuriakós, “belonging to the lord”), from κύριος (kúrios, “ruler, lord”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“to swell, spread out, be strong, prevail”). Doublet of kirk. Additional etymological information For vowel evolution, see bury. Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón) was used of houses of Christian worship since circa 300 CE, especially in the East, though it was less common in this sense than ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “congregation”) or βασιλική (basilikḗ, “royal thing”). An example of the direct Greek-to-Germanic p...