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RELATED WORDS : anglican church armenian apostolic orthodox church armenian church arminian church baptist church broad church byzantine church catholic church christian church church bell church bench church building church calendar church doctrine church father church festival church hat church house church key church member church mode church modes church mouse church music church of christ scientist church of england church of ireland church of jesus christ of latter-day saints church of rome church of scientology church of the brethren church officer church property church roll church school church service church slavic church tower church year congregational christian church congregational church coptic church doctor of the church eastern church eastern orthodox church episcopal church episcopal church of scotland established church evangelical and reformed church evangelical united brethren church father of the church funeral church greek church greek orthodox church high anglican church high church lutheran church mennonite church methodist church mormon church nestorian church old catholic church old church slavic old church slavonic orthodox catholic church orthodox church presbyterian church protestant church protestant episcopal church roman catholic church roman church russian church russian orthodox church uniat church uniate church unification church unitarian church united church of christ united methodist church wesleyan methodist church western church

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Noun Church has 4 senses

• church(n = noun.group) christian church - one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship; Array
is a kind of faith, organized religion, religion
is a part of christendom, christianity
has particulars: armenian apostolic orthodox church, armenian church, catholic church, nestorian church, coptic church, protestant, protestant church, unification church

• church(n = noun.artifact) church building - a place for public (especially Christian) worship; "the church was empty"
has particulars: abbey, basilica, cathedral, cathedral, duomo, kirk
has parts: amen corner, apse, apsis, bema, chancel, sanctuary, church tower, lady chapel, narthex, nave, presbytery, rood screen, side chapel, transept, sacristy, vestry
is a kind of house of god, house of prayer, house of worship, place of worship
Derived forms verb church₁, adjective churchly₁

• church(n = noun.act) church service - a service conducted in a house of worship; "don't be late for church"
is a kind of divine service, religious service, service
Derived form verb church₁

• church(n = noun.group) Array - the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church; "our church is hosting a picnic next week"
is a kind of body
is a part of christendom, christianity

Verb Church has 1 sense

• church(v = verb.motion) Array - perform a special church rite or service for; "church a woman after childbirth"
is one way to perform
Derived forms noun church₃, noun church₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

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THESAURUS

Church

Mass, adherents, affiliation, apostleship, bedtime prayer, body, branch, call, camp meeting, care of souls, church service, churchly, class, communion, community, compline, confession, connection, creed, cult, denomination, devotions, disciples, divine service, division, duty, evening devotions, evensong, exercises, faction, faith, fellowship, followers, group, holy orders, house of prayer, ism, lauds, liturgy, matins, meeting, morning devotions, night song, none, nones, novena, office, offshoot, order, organization, party, pastorage, pastoral care, pastorate, persuasion, praise meeting, prayer, prayer meeting, prayers, priesthood, priestship, prime, prime song, public worship, rabbinate, religious order, revival, revival meeting, sacred calling, schism, school, sect, sectarism, segment, service, sext, society, spiritual, tabernacle, temple, tent meeting, the church, the cloth, the desk, the ministry, the pulpit, tierce, undersong, variety, version, vesper, vespers, vigils, vocation, watch meeting, watch night, watch-night service

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Church

Churchdom

N church, churchdom, ministry, apostleship, priesthood, prelacy, hierarch, church government, christendom, pale of the church, clericalism, sacerdotalism, episcopalianism, ultramontanism, theocracy, ecclesiology, ecclesiologist, priestcraft, odium theologicum, monachism, monachy, monasticism, monkhood, 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, council, conclave, convocation, synod, consistory, chapter, vestry, sanhedrim, conge d'elire, ecclesiastical courts, consistorial court, court of Arches, ecclesiastical, ecclesiological, clerical, sacerdotal, priestly, prelatical, pastoral, ministerial, capitular, theocratic, hierarchical, archiepiscopal, episcopal, episcopalian, canonical, monastic, monachal, monkish, abbatial, abbatical, Anglican, pontifical, papal, apostolic, Roman, Popish, ultramontane, priest-ridden.

Temple

N temple, 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, parsonage, rectory, vicarage, manse, deanery, glebe, Vatican, bishop's palace, Lambeth, altar, shrine, sanctuary, Holy of Holies, sanctum sanctorum, 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, 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, jube, mourner's bench, mourner's seat, cloisters, churchyard, monastery, priory, abbey, friary, convent, nunnery, cloister, claustral, cloistered, monastic, monasterial, conventual, ne vile fano, there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple.

Certainty

N certainty, necessity, certitude, surety, assurance, dead certainty, moral certainty, infallibleness, infallibility, reliability, indubitableness, inevitableness, unquestionableness, gospel, scripture, church, pope, court of final appeal, res judicata, ultimatum positiveness, dogmatism, dogmatist, dogmatizer, doctrinaire, bigot, opinionist, Sir Oracle, ipse dixit, fact, positive fact, matter of fact, fait accompli, certain, sure, assured, solid, well-founded, unqualified, absolute, positive, determinate, definite, clear, unequivocal, categorical, unmistakable, decisive, decided, ascertained, inevitable, unavoidable, avoidless, ineluctable, unerring, infallible, unchangeable, to be depended on, trustworthy, reliable, bound, unimpeachable, undeniable, unquestionable, indisputable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indubitable, irrefutable, conclusive, without power of appeal, indubious, without doubt, beyond a doubt, without a shade or shadow of doubt, without question, beyond question, past dispute, clear as day, beyond all question, beyond all dispute, undoubted, uncontested, unquestioned, undisputed, questionless, doubtless, authoritative, authentic, official, sure as fate, sure as death and taxes, sure as a gun, evident, self-evident, axiomatic, clear, clear as day, clear as the sun at noonday, certainly, for certain, certes, sure, no doubt, doubtless, and no mistake, flagrante delicto, sure enough, to be sure, of course, as a matter of course, a coup sur, to a certainty, in truth, at any rate, at all events, without fail, coute que coute, coute qu'il coute, whatever may happen, if the worst come to the worst, come what may, happen what may, come what will, sink or swim, rain or shine, cela va sans dire, there is no question, no question, not a shadow of doubt, there is not a shadow of doubt, the die is cast, facts are stubborn things.

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