Meaning

8 senses
  1. (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

  2. (countable, uncountable)Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity; Christendom.

    These worshippers make up the Church of Christ.

  3. (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

  4. (countable)A particular denomination of Christianity.

    The Church of England separated from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534.

  5. (countable, uncountable)Christian worship held at a church; service.

    Gottesdienst, Messe, Kirche

    богослуже́ниеbogoslužénije, литурги́яliturgíja, ме́ссаméssa

    a service conducted in a house of worship

  6. (uncountable)Organized religion in general or a specific religion considered as a political institution.

    Many constitutions enshrine the separation of church and state.

  7. (countable, informal, uncountable)Any religious group or place of worship; a temple.

    She goes to a Wiccan church down the road.

    Kirche

    це́рковьcérkovʹ

    це́ркваcérkva

  8. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Assembly.

Examples

1246 sentences
  1. I 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.

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  2. I go to church on Sunday.

    Я ходжу до церкви у неділю.

    deIch gehe sonntags in die Kirche.

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  3. 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.

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  4. I go to church every Sunday.

    Щонеділі я ходжу до церкви.

    ruКаждое воскресенье я хожу в церковь.

    deIch gehe jeden Sonntag zur Kirche.

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  5. 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.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
house of worship:
Русский
By meaning 2
house of worship:
worship service:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
house of worship:
worship service:

Origin

From Middle English chirche, from Old English ċiriċe (“church”), from Proto-West Germanic

From 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: churches

Synonyms

8 synonyms
building:chapelkirk
group of worshipers:congregation
Close in meaning

Word family

94 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
church — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto