Church

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Religion

• Church (building)
• Church service, a formalized period of communal worship
• Christian Church, the worldwide body of Christians
  • Any of several more specific Christian denominations
• State church, a religious body or creed officially endorsed by that nation's government
• Local church, the body made up of a congregation, its members and clergy
• Simple church, an Evangelical Christian movement
• Christian clergy, formal Christian religious leadership

Music

• The Church (band)
• "Church" (song), by T-Pain
• "Church", a song by Galactic on the album Coolin' Off
• "Church", a song by OutKast on the album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
• "The Church", a song by Hawkwind on the album Church of Hawkwind

Other uses

• Church (surname), people with the surname Church
• Church (Red vs. Blue), a fictional character
• Church, Lancashire, England
• The Church (film)
• Adam Gilchrist, Australian cricketer, nicknamed Gilly or Church
• Church, a sociological classification of religious movements
• Church, a cat in the novel Pet Sematary

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Noun

A church, with many architectural features traditional to such a structure. church (plural churches)

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

   There is a lovely little church in the valley.

   This building used to be a church before being converted into a library.

2. A Christian religious organization, local or general.

   The Church of England separated from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534.

   The church across the street has a service at 10 am.

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

   These worshippers comprise the Church of Christ.

   • Acts 20:28, New International Version:

     Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.

4. A time of public worship; a worship service.

   I'll be there after church.

Synonyms

• (building): chapel (small church), kirk (Scotland)
• (group of worshippers): congregation