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

Example: There is a lovely little church in the valley.

Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity.

Example: These worshippers make up the Church of Christ.

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

A particular denomination of Christianity.

Example: The Church of England separated from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534.

To conduct a religious service for (a woman after childbirth, or a newly married couple).

To educate someone religiously, as in in a church.