Church

Noun

 * 1) A Christian house of worship; a building where religious services take place.
 * 2) A Christian religious organization, local or general.
 * 3) A group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.
 * 4) A time of public worship; a worship service.

Verb

 * 1)  To conduct a religious service for (a woman) after childbirth.
 * 2)  To educate someone religiously, as in in a church.

Adjectives for Church
venerable; impressive; calm; dignified; simple; famous; historical; imposing; ancient; hoary; handsome; exquisite; fashionable; enormous; small; gray; loopholed; ivy-clad; colonial; country; white-washed; fly-bitten; square-towered; parabolic; village; parish; dismal; silent; superfluous; competing; huddling; dedicated; pillaged; dissenting; buttressed; cathedral; sumptuous; ornate; friendly-looking; tremendous; dominating; ambitious; primitive; prosaic; barn-like; uncouth; spireless; gloomy; established; conservative; olive-green; sandstone; decent; remote; comprehensive; self-denying; laborious; unwearied; ancient.

Verbs for Church
assemble in —; baptize in —; christen in—; confirm in —; consecrate —; deface —; drift away from —; enrich —; establish —; esteem —; file into —; forsake —; gather in —; hie to —; interpret —; laud —; liberalize —; neglect —; orient —; present to —; ransack —; respect —; salute —; unite —; wed in —; worship in —; — absolves; — inspires; — molds; — moulders; ——wanes.

Synonyms for Church

 * chapel, kirk
 * congregation

Derived terms

 * Anglican Church
 * broad church
 * church affiliation
 * church crawler
 * churchgoer
 * church-going
 * church hat
 * church hop
 * Churchianity
 * church key
 * churchless
 * churchlike
 * churchly
 * churchman
 * church mode
 * churchmouse
 * church music
 * Church of England
 * Church of Rome
 * Church of Scotland
 * churchperson
 * church planter/churchplanter
 * church roll
 * church school
 * church service


 * Church Slavonic
 * church state
 * church triumphant
 * churchward
 * churchwoman
 * churchy
 * churchyard
 * church year
 * collegiate church
 * Congregational church
 * established church
 * free church
 * High Church
 * LDS church
 * Low Church
 * Lutheran Church
 * Maronite Church
 * mega-church/megachurch
 * New Church
 * Orthodox Church
 * parish church
 * particular Church
 * Roman Catholic Church
 * union church
 * Western Church
 * churching of women

Thesaurus
prayer, prayer meeting, prayers, priesthood, priestship, prime, prime song, public worship, rabbinate, religious order, revival, revival meeting, sacred calling, schism, school, sect, sectarism, segment, service, sext, society, spiritual, tabernacle, temple, tent meeting, the church, the cloth, the desk, the ministry, the pulpit, tierce, undersong, variety, version, vesper, vespers, vigils, vocation, watch meeting, watch night, watch-night service, adherents, affiliation, apostleship, bedtime prayer, body, branch, call, camp meeting, care of souls, church service, churchly, class, communion, community, compline, confession, connection, creed, cult, denomination, devotions, disciples, divine service, division, duty, evening devotions, evensong, exercises, faction, faith, fellowship, followers, group, holy orders, house of prayer, ism, lauds, liturgy, matins, meeting, morning devotions, night song, none, nones, novena, office, offshoot, order, organization, party, pastorage, pastoral care, pastorate, persuasion, praise meeting,

Alternative forms

 * churche

Etymology
chirche: < cirice:, from West Germanic *undefined:, from  κυριακόν:, neuter form of κυριακός: from κύριος:. For vowel evolution, see bury:. Greek κυριακόν: was used of houses of Christian worship since circa 300 AD, especially in the East, though it was less common in this sense than ἐκκλησία: or βασιλική:. An example of the direct Greek-to-Germanic progress of many Christian words, via the Goths; it was probably used by West Germanic people in their pre-Christian period. Cognate with West Frisian tsjerke:, Dutch kerk:, German Kirche:, Danish kirke:, Swedish kyrka:, Norwegian kirke: or kyrkje:, and Icelandic kirkja:. Also picked up by Slavic, via Old High German chirihha: (compare Old Church Slavonic црькъі:, Russian церковь:). Romance and Celtic languages use variants of Latin ecclesia:.

Noun

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian: kisha
 * Arabic: كنيسة
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: ilesia
 * Azeri:
 * Basque: eliza
 * Belarusian: царква
 * Bosnian:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: església
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 教會, 教会,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: चर्च,, कलीसा
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: ecclesia
 * Irish: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Javanese: greja
 * Korean: (敎會)
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji:
 * Sorani: (kenîse)
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: baznīca
 * Lithuanian:
 * Low Saxon: kark


 * Macedonian:
 * Malagasy: fiangonana
 * Malay:
 * Maltese: knisja, tempju
 * Manx: agglish
 * Megleno-Romanian:
 * Mongolian: сүмд
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Old English:
 * Old Irish: ,
 * Persian:
 * Polish: (generic), cerkiew (Orthodox or Greek Catholic), zbór (Evangelical)
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, biserici
 * Russian: ,
 * Saterland Frisian:
 * Scots: kirk
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman: crkva
 * Slovak: kostol,
 * Slovene:
 * Sotho: kereke
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: kanisa (noun 9/10),
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: simbahan
 * Taos: mę̀sotu’úna
 * Telugu: చర్చి (charchi)
 * Thai: โบสถ์
 * Tok Pisin: sios
 * Turkish:
 * Udi:
 * Ukrainian: церква
 * Urdu:, کنیسہ,
 * Vietnamese: nhà thờ
 * Volapük: glüg
 * Welsh: ,
 * West Frisian:
 * Yiddish: קירך


 * Armenian:
 * Basque: eliza
 * Bosnian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: església
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 教會, 教会
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: kirkja (often used with definite article: kirkjan)
 * Indonesian:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latvian: baznīca
 * Macedonian:
 * Maltese: Knisja
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scots: kirk
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: црква
 * Roman: crkva
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: simbahan
 * Turkish:


 * Catalan: església
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: eklezio


 * Hungarian:, egyházközösség,
 * Latvian: baznīca
 * Swahili:


 * Basque: elizkizun
 * Bosnian: bogosluženje, liturgija , misa
 * Bulgarian: църковна служба (cǎrkovna služba), литургия (liturgija)
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 禮拜, 礼拜
 * Croatian: bogosluženje, liturgija , misa
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: jumalateenistus
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek: εκκλησιασμός (ekklisiasmos), λειτουργία (liturgia) , θρησκευτική τελετή (thriskeftiki teleti) (meaning: religious ceremony)
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic:, ,
 * Indonesian:


 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 教会 (きょうかい, kyōkai)
 * Latvian: dievkalpojums
 * Macedonian: богослужба,
 * Maltese: funzjoni, quddiesa
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: serviciu religios, slujbă (religioasă), ceremonie religioasă
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: богослужење, литургија , миса
 * Roman: bogosluženje, liturgija , misa
 * Slovak: omša
 * Slovene: ,
 * Spanish: servicio religioso
 * Tagalog: misa (Catholic mass)
 * Turkish:


 * : (kanīsa),   (kanā’is)
 * : ilesia
 * : iliz, -où (1), Iliz  (2)
 * : ეკლესია (eklesia)
 * : 교회 (gyohoe, 教會) (2)
 * : dêr


 * : ecclesia, basilica
 * : glèisa
 * : baseglia
 * : biserică
 * : קירך (kirkh) (1, 2), קלויסטער (kloyster)  (1), תּיפֿלה  (1, pejorative)