intj
Meaning 1
Used to express strong agreement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Examples
- – These burritos are the best! – Church!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: preach
Antonyms: none provided
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intj
Used to express strong agreement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Synonyms: preach
Antonyms: none provided
name
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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name
A specific church (Christian religious denomination), such as the Church of England or the Catholic Church.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Christianity conceptualized as a single church, irrespective of its various denominations; Christendom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A village in Hyndburn borough, near Accrington, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7429).
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name
An unincorporated community in Allamakee County, Iowa, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: Church Village, Churchtown
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: Christianity
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity; Christendom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A particular denomination of Christianity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Christian worship held at a church; service.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Organized religion in general or a specific religion considered as a political institution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Any religious group or place of worship; a temple.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal, uncountable
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noun
Assembly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To conduct a religious service for (a woman after childbirth, or a newly married couple).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, transitive
Topics: Christianity
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
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verb
To educate someone religiously, as in a church.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
a service conducted in a house of worship
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: church service
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: service, religious service, divine service
noun
a place for public (especially Christian) worship
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: church building
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: place of worship, house of prayer, house of God, house of worship
Narrower terms: abbey, basilica, cathedral, duomo, kirk
noun
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: Christian church
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: religion, faith, organized religion
Narrower terms: Armenian Church, Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church, Catholic Church, Nestorian Church, Coptic Church, Protestant Church, Protestant, Unification Church
noun
the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: body
verb
perform a special church rite or service for
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: perform
History
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. Additional etymological information For vowel evolution, see bury. Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón) was used of houses of Christian worship since circa 300 CE, especially in the East, though it was less common in this sense than ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “congregation”) or βασιλική (basilikḗ, “royal thing”). An example of the direct Greek-to-Germanic progress of many Christian words, possibly via the Goths; it was probably used by West Germanic people in their pre-Christian period. Cognate with Scots kirk (“church”), West Frisian tsjerke (“church”), Saterland Frisian Säärke (“church”), Dutch kerk (“church”), German Kirche (“church”), Danish kirke (“church”), Swedish kyrka (“church”), Norwegian Bokmål kirke, Norwegian Nynorsk kyrkje (“church”), and Faroese and Icelandic kirkja (“church”). Also picked up by Slavic, via Old High German chirihha (compare Old Church Slavonic црькꙑ (crĭky), Bulgarian църква (cǎrkva), Russian це́рковь (cérkovʹ)). Romance and Celtic languages use descendants of Latin ecclēsia.
Across languages
512 source translations are retained for this English entry.