Church

1. A building set apart for Christian worship.
2. The collective body of Christians.
3. A Jewish or heathen temple.
4. Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm.
5. 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.
6. The aggregate of religious influences in a community; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of the church against some moral evil.
7. A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together.
8. 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.