church
church is a 6-letter English word with 13 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A building set apart for Christian worship. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A building set apart for Christian worship.
- noun. A Jewish or heathen temple.
- noun. A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together.
- noun. 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.
- noun. The collective body of Christians.
- noun. Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm.
- noun. The aggregate of religious influences in a community; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of the church against some moral evil.
- transitive verb. 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.
- noun. a service conducted in a house of worship
"don't be late for church"
- noun. a place for public (especially Christian) worship
"the church was empty"
- noun. one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
- noun. the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church
"our church is hosting a picnic next week"
- verb. perform a special church rite or service for
"church a woman after childbirth"
Common word forms
churched, churches, churchly, churchful, churching, churchless
Words from these letters
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