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Synonyms
church (chûrch)

[Middle English chirche, from Old English cirice, ultimately from Medieval Greek kūrikon, from Late Greek kūriakon (dōma), the Lord's (house), neuter of Greek kūriakos, of the lord, from kūrios, lord.]

noun 

  1. A building for public, especially Christian worship.
    1. The company of all Christians regarded as a spiritual body.
    2. A specified Christian denomination: the Presbyterian Church.
    3. A congregation.
  3. Public divine worship in a church; a religious service: goes to church at Christmas and Easter.
  4. The clerical profession; clergy.
  5. Ecclesiastical power as distinguished from the secular: the separation of church and state.

transitive verb: churched, church·ing, church·es. 

To conduct a church service for, especially to perform a religious service for (a woman after childbirth).

adjective 

Of or relating to the church; ecclesiastical.