a building for public Christian worship
a building for public worship, esp Christian worship
a place of worship used by an established denomination, esp the Church of England, as opposed to a Nonconformist body: compare chapel1 (2a)
(the Church) institutionalized Christian religion, esp the established Christian religion of a country
(the Church) a body or organization of religious believers, e.g. the whole body of Christians
= denomination (1)
= congregation (2)
an occasion for public worship
goes to church each Sunday
(the church) the clerical profession
churchly adj
churchman noun
churchwoman noun
[Old English cirice from a prehistoric West Germanic word derived from Greek kyriakos of the lord, from kyrios lord, master, from kyros power]