Tra từ church - Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

church UK [tʃɜːtʃ] US [tʃɝːtʃ] noun [ churches ]

BUILDING

1. <E > countable a building for Christian religious activities
• The town has four churches.
• a church spire/tower
• a church hall (= a building belonging to a church, with a large room for meetings)
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Religious buildings and places

• They built the church on the edge of the village.
• In many churches the side aisles are separated from the central aisle by a row of arches.
• The bride and groom posed for pictures outside the church.
• Do you know the way to St Peter's Church?
• I found her kneeling in prayer at the back of the church.

ORGANIZATION

2. <E > countable or uncountable an official Christian religious organization
• All the local churches were represented at the memorial service.
• He went on a walking trip with some of his friends from church.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Religions and religious groups ↑Christian denominations
3. <E > uncountable when this organization meets as a group of people
• I'll see her after church.
• They go to church every Sunday.
• church services
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Followers of religious groups
4. the Church
only singular Christian religious organizations
• Some people think the Church shouldn't interfere in politics.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Religions and religious groups ↑Christian denominations

• In Britain, the Queen is the head of the established church.
• The church has strongly condemned the violence.
• Instead of defending traditional values, the church frequently seems weak-kneed and irresolute.
• The church accused him of impiety and had all his writings burned.
• We joined the Methodist/Anglican/Roman Catholic Church in 1975.
Idiom: go into the church