churchchurch /tʃɚtʃ/ ●●● S3 W1 noun 1
[countable] a building where Christians go to worship in religious services: There was a crowd outside the church. a church service2[uncountable] the religious ceremonies in a church: Come to our house for lunch after church. Do you go to church every Sunday? We didn’t see you at church on Sunday. Don’t talk in church (=during the service).3the church the profession of the clergy (=priests and other people employed by the church)4[singular, uncountable] the Christian religion, considered as a whole: the church’s attitude toward marriage5 (also Church) [countable] one of the separate groups within the Christian religion: evangelical churchesthe Catholic/Baptist/Methodist etc. Church I was brought up in the Catholic Church. [Origin: Old English cirice, from Greek kyriakos of the lord]
[countable] a building where Christians go to worship in religious services: There was a crowd outside the church. a church service2[uncountable] the religious ceremonies in a church: Come to our house for lunch after church. Do you go to church every Sunday? We didn’t see you at church on Sunday. Don’t talk in church (=during the service).3the church the profession of the clergy (=priests and other people employed by the church)4[singular, uncountable] the Christian religion, considered as a whole: the church’s attitude toward marriage5 (also Church) [countable] one of the separate groups within the Christian religion: evangelical churchesthe Catholic/Baptist/Methodist etc. Church I was brought up in the Catholic Church. [Origin: Old English cirice, from Greek kyriakos of the lord]