church
Because it is a word with a single syllable, church is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofchurch
- A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.
Example: "There is a lovely little church in the valley."
- Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity.
Example: "These worshippers make up the Church of Christ."
- A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.
- A particular denomination of Christianity.
Example: "The Church of England separated from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534."
- (as bare noun) Christian worship held at a church; service.
- Organized religion in general or a specific religion considered as a political institution.
Example: "Many constitutions enshrine the separation of church and state."
- Any religious group.
Example: "She goes to a Wiccan church down the road."
- Assembly.
- To conduct a religious service for (a woman after childbirth, or a newly married couple).
- To educate someone religiously, as in in a church.
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