church
A building where people go to pray and sing to God in the Christian religion.
A building where Christians gather for religious services and worship.
All the people and groups that follow the Christian religion.
An organized group of Christians, or the overall institution of Christianity as a religion.
A time when Christians meet to pray and sing together in a church building.
A formal event where Christians gather to worship, pray, and hear sermons.
To have a special Christian service for someone in a church.
To perform or take part in a formal Christian religious ceremony in a church for someone or something.
- Base: church
- Plural: church, churches
go to church
1Attend Christian worship service
To visit a church building for a Christian service.
- We go to church every Sunday morning.
- He hasn't gone to church since last Christmas.
in church
1Inside a church during service
To be inside a church building, usually for a service or event.
- Please turn off your phone while in church.
- She was sitting quietly in church when he arrived.
separation of church and state
1Independence of government and religion
The idea that the government should not control religion and religion should not control the government.
- The constitution guarantees the separation of church and state.
- Debates about education often involve questions about the separation of church and state.
separation of church and state
2keeping religion and government separate
The idea that government and religious groups should be independent and not control each other.
- Many people see the separation of church and state as essential to a free society.
- The new law has raised questions about the country’s separation of church and state.
- They argued that funding the religious school breaks the separation of church and state.