church
noun
uk/tʃɜːtʃ/us/tʃɝːtʃ/churchnoun(BUILDING)
A2[C]
abuildingforChristianreligiousactivities:
教堂，礼拜堂Thetownhas four churches.镇上有4座教堂。
a churchspire/tower教堂的尖顶／塔楼
a churchhall(= abuildingbelongingto a church, with alargeroomformeetings)教堂大厅
- Theybuiltthe church on theedgeof thevillage.
- In many churches thesideaislesareseparatedfrom thecentralaisleby arowofarches.
- Thebrideandgroomposedforpicturesoutsidethe church.
- Do youknowthe way to St Peter's Church?
- Ifoundherkneelinginprayerat the back of the church.
Religious buildings & places
- abbey
- ashram
- caliphate
- cathedral
- chapel
- gurdwara
- hermitage
- house of God
- house of worship
- madrasa
- monastery
- mosque
- nunnery
- pagoda
- parsonage
- tabernacle
- the Holy See
- United Church of Canada
- vicarage
- wat
churchnoun(ORGANIZATION)
[CorU]
anofficialChristianreligiousorganization:
（基督教）教会All thelocalchurches wererepresentedat thememorialservice.所有的地方教会都派代表参加了这次纪念仪式。
He went on awalkingtripwith some of hisfriendsfrom church.他跟教会的一些朋友去远足了。
[U]
anoccasionwhen thisorganizationmeetsas agroupofpeople:
礼拜I'llseeher after church.我做完礼拜后去看她。
Theygo tochurch everySunday.他们每个星期天都去做礼拜。
churchservices教会礼拜仪式
the Church[S]
Christianreligiousorganizations:
基督教教会Somepeoplethinkthe Church shouldn'tinterfereinpolitics.有些人认为教会不应当介入政治。
- InBritain, the Queen is theheadof theestablishedchurch.
- The church hasstronglycondemnedtheviolence.
- Instead ofdefendingtraditionalvalues, the churchfrequentlyseemsweak-kneedandirresolute.
- The churchaccusedhim ofimpietyand had all his writingsburned.
- WejoinedtheMethodist/Anglican/RomanCatholicChurch in 1975.
Religions & religious groups
- Abrahamic
- African Methodist Episcopal Church
- AME
- anti-Catholicism
- anti-Christianity
- established
- evangelicalism
- faith-based
- Free Church
- Gnosticism
- neo-paganism
- non-established
- paganism
- Pentecostalism
- Pentecostalist
- Sufic
- Sufism
- Sunni
- super-church
- Taoism
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Religious people: followers of religious groups
Idiom
go into/enter the church