CPage 192
- English Word Chumming Definition of Chum
- English Word Chump Definition A short, thick, heavy piece of wood.
- English Word Chunam Definition Quicklime; also, plaster or mortar.
- English Word Chunk Definition A short, thick piece of anything.
- English Word Chunky Definition Short and thick.
- English Word Church Definition A building set apart for Christian worship.
- English Word Church Definition A Jewish or heathen temple.
- English Word Church Definition A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together.
- English Word Church Definition 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.
- English Word Church Definition The collective body of Christians.
- English Word Church Definition Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm.
- English Word Church Definition The aggregate of religious influences in a community; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of the church against some moral evil.
- English Word Church Definition 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.
- English Word Church modes Definition The modes or scales used in ancient church music. See Gregorian.
- English Word Church-ale Definition A church or parish festival (as in commemoration of the dedication of a church), at which much ale was used.
- English Word Church-bench Definition A seat in the porch of a church.
- English Word Church-haw Definition Churchyard.
- English Word Churchdom Definition The institution, government, or authority of a church.
- English Word Churched Definition of Church
- English Word Churchgoer Definition One who attends church.
- English Word Churchgoing Definition Habitually attending church.
- English Word Churchgoing Definition Summoning to church.
- English Word Churching Definition of Church
- English Word Churchism Definition Strict adherence to the forms or principles of some church organization; sectarianism.
- English Word Churchless Definition Without a church.
- English Word Churchlike Definition Befitting a church or a churchman; becoming to a clergyman.
- English Word Churchliness Definition Regard for the church.
- English Word Churchly Definition Pertaining to, or suitable for, the church; ecclesiastical.
- English Word Churchman Definition An ecclesiastic or clergyman.
- English Word Churchman Definition An Episcopalian, or a member of the Established Church of England.