A church is where you go for a public religious service. On Easter, some people go to church to pray.
A building set apart for Christian worship.
Noun
a service conducted in a church; "don''t be late for church"
Noun
a place for public (especially Christian) worship; "the church was empty"
Noun
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
Noun
the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church; "our church is hosting a picnic next week"
Verb
perform a special church rite or service for; "church a woman after childbirth"
n.
A building set apart for Christian worship.
n.
A Jewish or heathen temple.
n.
A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping
together.
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.
n.
The collective body of Christians.
n.
Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church
of Brahm.
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.
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.
Church
Remember that both church and state are properly the rulers of the people, only because they are their benefactors.
Church
A building set apart for Christian worship.
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;
Usage Examples
For two thousand years, the Church has guided the development of music, carefully legislating to fuse artistic talent and aesthetic beauty with the demands of the Faith.
Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and freedom. She has been a force for conservatism... to ward off threats to her own security and influence.
A member must say that he is a member of the Unification Church and that he is the follower of Sun Myung Moon. If he doesn't have the courage to say it, he is not worthy of me.
At 18, I guarded the parking lot at the Catholic church bingos. Now my dad made sure I could take care of myself. I carried a Smith and Wesson 357 magnum.
But I like going to church. If you've been brought up in the Church of England, it feels like visiting an elderly relative. And I think it's important that part of the kids' education is knowing about the Bible.
Educational institutes can no longer be prizes in church politics or furnish berths for failure in other walks of life.
But I don't necessarily define my faith by going to church every Sunday.
Certain things happened in the early church. Women who had never had any freedom suddenly have the ability to stand up and speak and be treated as equals within the life of the church.
Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.
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Other Usage ExamplesFor example, I was a White House intern the summer before I dropped out of law school. Everybody knew about it. I'd come home and go to church and everybody would say, 'Oh, my God. Demetri, you're working at the White House.'
And I ask why am I black, they say I was born in sin, and shamed inequity. One of the main songs we used to sing in church makes me sick, 'love wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.
Each of our children during their high school years went to 'early morning seminary' - scripture study classes that met in the home of a church member every school day morning from 6:30 until 7:15.
Everyone related to me in my circle was from church: church friends, church school, church activities. All my friends weren't allowed to watch MTV or go to PG-13 movies or listen to the radio, so I didn't really know anything different. That's how I was raised.
And whether you're drawn to gospel music or church music or honky-tonk music, it informs your character and it informs your talent.
Compared to America or Europe, God isn't a big part of our lives here. I don't know anyone here who goes to church when he's had a rough divorce or is going through depression. We go out into nature instead.
A Church which has lost its memory is in a sad state of senility.
But, actually, so many of the clerics that I've met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such extraordinary smugness and arrogance and conceitedness who are extraordinarily presumptuous about the significance of their position in society.
A revival does two things. First, it returns the Church from her backsliding and second, it causes the conversion of men and women and it always includes the conviction of sin on the part of the Church. What a spell the devil seems to cast over the Church today!