church
A Christian house of worshipA Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.
» I went to church this morning.
Ich bin heute Morgen in die Kirche gegangen.
Сегодня утром я ходил в церковь.
Сегодня утром я ходила в церковь.
Сьогодні вранці я ходив до церкви.
Вранці я ходив до церкви.
Сьогодні вранці я ходила до церкви.
Вранці я пішла до церкви.
Meaning
8 senses(countable)A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.
There is a lovely little church in the valley.
This building used to be a church before being converted into a library.
Kirche, Chilche, Chile
це́рковьcérkovʹ, це́ркваcérkva, костёлkostjól
це́ркваcérkva, костьо́лkostʹól
a place for public (especially Christian) worship
(countable, uncountable)Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity; Christendom.
These worshippers make up the Church of Christ.
(countable)A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.
це́рковьcérkovʹ
the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church
(countable)A particular denomination of Christianity.
The Church of England separated from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534.
(countable, uncountable)Christian worship held at a church; service.
Gottesdienst, Messe, Kirche
богослуже́ниеbogoslužénije, литурги́яliturgíja, ме́ссаméssa
a service conducted in a house of worship
(uncountable)Organized religion in general or a specific religion considered as a political institution.
Many constitutions enshrine the separation of church and state.
(countable, informal, uncountable)Any religious group or place of worship; a temple.
She goes to a Wiccan church down the road.
Kirche
це́рковьcérkovʹ
це́ркваcérkva
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Assembly.
Examples
1246 sentencesI went to church this morning.
Сьогодні вранці я ходив до церкви.
ruСегодня утром я ходил в церковь.
deIch bin heute Morgen in die Kirche gegangen.
I go to church on Sunday.
Я ходжу до церкви у неділю.
deIch gehe sonntags in die Kirche.
I went to church with him.
Я пішов з ним до церкви.
ruЯ пошёл с ним в церковь.
deIch ging mit ihm in die Kirche.
I go to church every Sunday.
Щонеділі я ходжу до церкви.
ruКаждое воскресенье я хожу в церковь.
deIch gehe jeden Sonntag zur Kirche.
They go to church on Sunday.
Вони ходять до церкви у неділю.
ruОни ходят в церковь по воскресеньям.
deSie gehen am Sonntag in die Kirche.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English chirche, from Old English ċiriċe (“church”), from Proto-West GermanicFrom Middle English chirche, from Old English ċiriċe (“church”), from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, an early borrowing of Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón), neuter form of κυριακός (kuriakós, “belonging to the lord”), from κύριος (kúrios, “ruler, lord”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“to swell, spread out, be strong, prevail”). Doublet of kirk.
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Forms
plural: churchesSynonyms
8 synonyms- a place for public (especially Christian) worship:church building
- one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship:Christian church
- a service conducted in a house of worship:church service
Word family
94 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- go to church
- church every sunday
- to church every
- church last sunday
- church every
- church on christmas
- to church on
- to church with
- nearest nearest church
- church on sunday
- the church bells
- sang at church