Sinhala Dictionary definitions for church
church 🔊 /ʧɚˈʧ/
church : දේවගැති සමූහයා
church : දේවස්ථානය
church : ක්රිස්තියානි
church : සභාව
church : ක්රිස්තියානි සභාව
church : පල්ලිය
church definition
Noun.
- A building set apart for Christian worship.
- A Jewish or heathen temple.
- A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together.
- 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.
- The collective body of Christians.
- Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm.
- The aggregate of religious influences in a community; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of the church against some moral evil.
Transitive verb. 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.