church

Definition

  • n. one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
  • n. a place for public (especially Christian) worship
  • n. the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church
  • v. perform a special church rite or service for

Word forms

Present participle
churching
Past tense
churched
Third person singular
churches
Past participle
churched

Example sentences

  1. n.

    Every Sunday, my family goes to church to attend the service.

  2. vt.

    They decided to church their baby during the ceremony.

  3. a.

    The church bell rang loudly every morning.