church
/tʃɜːtʃ/
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Translation
A building where Christians meet to pray and worship God.
Word origin
From Old English cirice, ultimately from Greek kuriakon meaning 'of the Lord'.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- cirice
Grammar
Gender
Pluralchurches
Examples
hill Sunday.
"Church" is the building where they pray and worship.
three near .
"Churches" is the plural, meaning more than one church.
.
Here "church" is a single place of worship.
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