Church vs. Kirk

Churchnoun

(countable) A Christian house of worship; a building where religious services take place.

‘There is a lovely little church in the valley.’; ‘This building used to be a church before being converted into a library.’;

Kirknoun

a church.

Churchnoun

Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity.

‘These worshippers make up the Church of Christ.’;

Kirknoun

A church or the church, in the various senses of the word; esp., the Church of Scotland as distinguished from other reformed churches, or from the Roman Catholic Church.

Churchnoun

(countable) A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.

Kirknoun

a Scottish church

Churchnoun

(countable) A particular denomination of Christianity.

‘The Church of England separated from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534.’;

Kirk

Kirk is a Scottish (and former Northern English) word meaning . It is often used specifically of the Church of Scotland.

‘church’;

Churchnoun

Christian worship held at a church; service.

Churchnoun

A (non-Christian) religion; a religious group.

‘She goes to a Wiccan church down the road.’;

Churchnoun

assembly

Churchverb

To conduct a religious service for (a woman) after childbirth.

Churchverb

(transitive) To educate someone religiously, as in in a church.

Churchnoun

A building set apart for Christian worship.

Churchnoun

A Jewish or heathen temple.

Churchnoun

A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together.

Churchnoun

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.

Churchnoun

The collective body of Christians.

Churchnoun

Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm.

Churchnoun

The aggregate of religious influences in a community; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of the church against some moral evil.

‘Remember that both church and state are properly the rulers of the people, only because they are their benefactors.’;

Churchverb

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.

Churchnoun

one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

Churchnoun

a place for public (especially Christian) worship;

‘the church was empty’;

Churchnoun

a service conducted in a church;

‘don't be late for church’;

Churchnoun

the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church;

‘our church is hosting a picnic next week’;

Churchverb

perform a special church rite or service for;

‘church a woman after childbirth’;