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Definition church in British English

church noun

noun
/tʃɜː(r)tʃ/
1

a building that Christians go to in order to worship. Traditional churches usually contain an altar and long wooden seats facing the altar called pews. The place where the priest or minister stands to talk to the people is called a pulpit. A religious ceremony that takes place in a church is called a service

Example

an old country church on the side of a hill

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the church of Our Lady and Saint Michael

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She doesn't go to church very often these days.

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Did you get married in church?

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1.1

all the people who go to a particular church

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1.2

belonging to or connected with a church

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the church choir/doors/funding

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1.3

a group of Christian churches with its own particular beliefs and structures

Example

the Methodist Church

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the Roman Catholic Church

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1.4

the Christian religion as a political or official organization, and the people who work for it

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the division between Church and State

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the power of the Church in the Middle Ages

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Definition church in British English