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noun

/tʃɜː(r)tʃ/

singular	church
plural	churches

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[countable/uncountable] a building that Christians go to in order to worship. Traditional churches usually contain an altar and long wooden seats facing the altar called pews. The place where the priest or minister stands to talk to the people is called a pulpit. A religious ceremony that takes place in a church is called a service
an old country church on the side of a hill
the church of Our Lady and Saint Michael
go to church (=go to a church to worship):
She doesn't go to church very often these days.
in church:
Did you get married in church?
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1. a.
  [countable] all the people who go to a particular church
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2. b.
  [only before noun] belonging to or connected with a church
  the church choir/doors/funding
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3. c.
  [countable] a group of Christian churches with its own particular beliefs and structures
  the Methodist Church
  the Roman Catholic Church
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4. d.
  [uncountable] the Christian religion as a political or official organization, and the people who work for it
  the division between Church and State
  the power of the Church in the Middle Ages
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