church work
/ˈtʃəːtʃ wəːk/noun
1Work on the construction or repair of a church; †a fund set aside for this (obsolete ).
- Formerly used proverbially for work or an undertaking that proceeds slowly..
2Work undertaken on a paid or voluntary basis on behalf of the Church or a church, especially evangelical or charitable work.
Origin
Middle English; earliest use found in Lambeth Manuscript. From church + work.
- reflectivity
- reflectogram
- reflectogramme
- reflectograph
- reflectographic
- reflectography
- reflectometer
- reflectometry
- reflector
- reflector antenna
- reflectored
- reflectorial
- reflectorially
- reflectorise
- reflectorised
- reflectorize
- reflectorized
- reflectory
- reflectoscope
- refledge
- reflee
- reflet
- reflex
- reflex action
- reflex arc