| (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. |