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(n)
An Abrahamic religion originating from the community of the followers of Jesus Christ.
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The (Disciples of Christ) a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States and Canada.
a place for public (especially christian) worship
(especially Christianity) A place of worship, smaller than or subordinate to a church.
(Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism, Lutheranism, Eastern Orthodoxy) An administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
A member of an Anglican Church.
A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.
(adj)
Of or pertaining to the church.
Body of persons, such as priests, who are trained and ordained for religious service.
(historical) A man bound by monastic vows; a monk.
The role or office of a priest.
A residence for monks or others who have taken religious vows.
(elliptically, often) A member of the Roman Catholic Church (which is also elliptically called the Catholic Church).
(architecture) A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory.
(in the plural, informal) Clerical garments.
A believer in Christianity.
A clear path/passage through rows of seating.
(Christianity) Holy Communion; the Eucharist.
(Christianity) A title given to Jesus of Nazareth, seen as the fulfiller of the messianic prophecy.
A house of worship, especially:
(informal) A group of people having an obsession with or intense admiration for a particular activity, idea, person or thing.
A belief system with certain religious aspects, developed in 1952, focused on the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard.
(theology, religious studies) based on religious faith
The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
(countable, religion) A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a subdivision of a religion.
Progress.
(metonymic) A religious or spiritual belief system.
(physical) Matter, material.
The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
A large meeting room.
A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.
A tall tower, often on a church, normally topped with a spire.
A surname from Spanish
A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
(mostly plural) An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.
Alternative letter-case form of churches.
A male member of a clergy; especially, an ordained (male) Christian minister.
(broadcasting) Initialism of timebase correction.
a given name and surname.
A place of safety, refuge, or protection.
A cathedral church without any monastic connection.
(ecclesiastical) A church, either as a body or as a building.
(countable) A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself.
The art of public speaking, especially in a formal, expressive, or forceful manner.
(biblical) The portable tent used before the construction of the temple, where the shekinah (presence of God) was believed to dwell.
(Northern England and Scotland) A church.
A building where people meet for a purpose.
A small chapel, as a monument within a church.
A holy place.
A chapel set up for this purpose.
A church (building).
(countable, religion) Someone with spiritual authority over a group of people.
A church with an atypically large congregation.
A member of a Congregational church.
Dignity or office of a pastor.
Any of several forms of church organization in which each congregation is responsible for its own government.
Obsolete spelling of church. [(countable, Christianity) A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.]
Of or pertaining to a congregation.
A presbytery run by the Women's Missionary Society.
Presbyters collectively; the body of presbyters of a congregation.
(countable, Judaism) A place of worship for Jews or Samaritans.
A member of a parish.
A Christian organization that engages in social welfare and evangelism without restricting itself to a specific religious denomination.
Between churches.
The administration of justice by judges and courts; judicial process.
A college of priests in active ministry of a particular Catholic church; a diocese, eparchy, or similar group of priests.
(Christianity) A group of parishes administered by a bishop.
A theological school for the training of rabbis, priests, or ministers.
An official worship service of the Christian church.
(mildly pejorative) one who is piously Christian
A person belonging to a church in the tradition of Presbyterianism.
evangelical
One of the long benches in a church, seating several persons, usually fixed to the floor and facing the chancel.
Who does not attend church
Episcopalian
A member of the Methodist Church; a Wesleyan.
Throughout a church.