| 单词 | church |
| 释义 | church /cherrch/, n. 1. a building for public Christian worship. 2. public worship of God or a religious service in such a building: to attend church regularly. 3. (sometimes cap.) the whole body of Christian believers; Christendom. 4. (sometimes cap.) any division of this body professing the same creed and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a Christian denomination: the Methodist Church. 5. that part of the whole Christian body, or of a particular denomination, belonging to the same city, country, nation, etc. 6. a body of Christians worshipping in a particular building or constituting one congregation: She is a member of this church. 7. ecclesiastical organization, power, and affairs, as distinguished from the state: separation of church and state; The missionary went wherever the church sent him. 8. the clergy and religious officials of a Christian denomination. 9. the Christian faith: a return of intellectuals to the church. 10. (cap.) the Christian Church before the Reformation. 11. (cap.) the Roman Catholic Church. 12. the clerical profession or calling: After much study and contemplation, he was prepared to enter the church. 13. a place of public worship of a non-Christian religion. 14. any non-Christian religious society, organization, or congregation: the Jewish church. v.t. 15. to conduct or bring to church, esp. for special services. 16. South Midland and Southern U.S. to subject to church discipline. 17. to perform a church service of thanksgiving for (a woman after childbirth). [bef. 900; ME chir(i)che, OE cir(i)ce << Gk kyri(a)kón (dôma) the Lord's (house), neut. of kyriakós of the master, equiv. to kýri(os) master (kyr(os) power + -ios n. suffix) + -akos, var. of -ikos -IC; akin to D kerk, G Kirche, ON kirkja. See KIRK] |
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