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Meaning Of Church
n.
A building set apart for Christian worship.
n.
A Jewish or heathen temple.
n.
A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping
together.
n.
A body of Christian believers, holding the same creed,
observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical
authority; a denomination; as, the Roman Catholic church; the
Presbyterian church.
n.
The collective body of Christians.
n.
Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church
of Brahm.
n.
The aggregate of religious influences in a community;
ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of
the church against some moral evil.
v. t.
To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite
with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from
the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women.