One of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship.

synonym: Christian church.

Roget 474: certainty; necessity etc. 601; certitude, surety, assurance; dead certainty, moral certainty; infallibleness etc. adj.; infallibility, reliability; indubitableness, inevitableness, unquestionableness^†.    gospel, scripture, church, pope, court of final appeal; res judicata [Lat.], ultimatum positiveness; dogmatism, dogmatist, dogmatizer; doctrinaire, bigot, opinionist^†, Sir Oracle; ipse dixit [Lat.].    fact; positive fact, matter of fact; fait accompli [Fr.].    ... show more

Roget 995: church, churchdom; ministry, apostleship^†, priesthood, prelacy, hierarch^†, church government, christendom, pale of the church.    clericalism, sacerdotalism^†, episcopalianism, ultramontanism^†; theocracy; ecclesiology^†, ecclesiologist^†; priestcraft^†, odium theologicum [Lat.].    monachism^†, monachy^†; monasticism, monkhood^†.    [Ecclesiastical offices and dignities] pontificate, primacy, archbishopric^†, archiepiscopacy^†; prelacy; bishopric, bishopdom^†; episcopate, episcopacy; see, diocese; deanery, stall; canonry, canonicate^†; prebend, prebendaryship^†; benefice, incumbency, glebe, advowson^†, living, cure; rectorship^†; vicariate, vicarship; deaconry^†, deaconship^†; curacy; chaplain, chaplaincy, chaplainship; cardinalate, cardinalship^†; abbacy, presbytery.    holy orders, ordination, institution, consecration, induction, reading in, preferment, translation, presentation.    popedom^†; the Vatican, the apostolic see; religious sects etc. 984.    council etc. 696; conclave, convocation, synod, consistory, chapter, vestry; sanhedrim, conge d'elire [Fr.]; ecclesiastical courts, consistorial court, court of Arches.    ... show more

Roget 1000: place of worship; house of God, house of prayer.    temple, cathedral, minster^†, church, kirk, chapel, meetinghouse, bethel^†, tabernacle, conventicle, basilica, fane^†, holy place, chantry^†, oratory.    synagogue; mosque; marabout^†; pantheon; pagoda; joss house^†; dogobah^†, tope; kiosk; kiack^†, masjid^†.    [clergymen's residence] parsonage, rectory, vicarage, manse, deanery, glebe; Vatican; bishop's palace; Lambeth.    altar, shrine, sanctuary, Holy of Holies, sanctum sanctorum [Lat.], sacristy; sacrarium^†; communion table, holy table, Lord's table; table of the Lord; pyx; baptistery, font; piscina^†, stoup; aumbry^†; sedile^†; reredos; rood loft, rood screen.    [parts of a church: list] chancel, quire, choir, nave, aisle, transept, vestry, crypt, golgotha, calvary, Easter sepulcher; stall, pew; pulpit, ambo^†, lectern, reading desk, confessional, prothesis^†, credence, baldachin, baldacchino^†; apse, belfry; chapter house; presbytery; anxious-bench, anxious-seat; diaconicum [Lat.], jube^†; mourner's bench, mourner's seat.    [exterior adjacent to a church] cloisters, churchyard.    monastery, priory, abbey, friary, convent, nunnery, cloister.    ... show more

A place for public (especially Christian) worship:
— The church was empty.

synonym: church building.

Dutch: godshuis, kerk, kerkgebouw
Polish: Dom Boży, kościół

A service conducted in a house of worship:
— Don't be late for church.

synonym: church service.

Dutch: kerk, dienst, eredienst, kerkdienst, liturgie, viering

The body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church.

Perform a special church rite or service for.