church
noun
[ tʃəːtʃ ]
• a building used for public Christian worship.
• "the church was largely rebuilt at the end of the 15th century"
church
verb
• take (a woman who has recently given birth) to church for a service of thanksgiving.
Origin:
Old English cir(i)ce, cyr(i)ce, related to Dutch kerk and German Kirche, based on medieval Greek kurikon, from Greek kuriakon (dōma) ‘Lord's (house)’, from kurios ‘master or lord’. Compare with kirk.
