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# church

noun (a church, churches)

«church» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A church is a building where Christians go to pray and worship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/church/#m1)
2. A church is a group of Christians with the same beliefs, like the Catholic Church. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/church/#m2)
3. Church can mean the service held there: «We go to church on Sunday.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/church/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life many families go to church for services, weddings, christenings and funerals; churches often have a tower, a spire or bells. In towns a church can be a landmark («turn left at the church»). In history lessons churches are old buildings that tell us about the past. Phrases: «go to church», «at church», «church hall», «churchyard».

### Examples

- We walked past the old stone church. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/church/#x1)
- My cousin got married in a church. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/church/#x2)
- They go to church every Sunday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/church/#x3)
- The church bells rang at noon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/church/#x4)
- The school concert was in the church hall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/church/#x5)
- Turn right after the church. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/church/#x6)
- The church has beautiful coloured windows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/church/#x7)
- There are graves in the churchyard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/church/#x8)
- "Why, she never goes to church." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/church/#x9)

### Note

Plural: churches (add -es after ch). «Go to church» (no «the») means going to the service; «go to the church» means to the building. Capital C when it is a name: «St Mary's Church», «the Church of England». Other faiths have other places of worship: mosque, synagogue, temple, gurdwara.

## In Jewish tradition

In everyday life many families go to church for services, weddings, christenings and funerals; churches often have a tower, a spire or bells. In towns a church can be a landmark («turn left at the church»). In history lessons churches are old buildings that tell us about the past. Phrases: «go to church», «at church», «church hall», «churchyard».

### Note

Plural: churches (add -es after ch). «Go to church» (no «the») means going to the service; «go to the church» means to the building. Capital C when it is a name: «St Mary's Church», «the Church of England». Other faiths have other places of worship: mosque, synagogue, temple, gurdwara.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «church» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/church/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«church» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/church.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «church» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/church/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«church» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/church.html) on Mova free.