Church
noun — Plural: churches
- 1.
- (a building for public Christian worship, a religious service in this, the profession of the clergy) គណៈសង្ឈនៃសាសនាគ្រិស្ដ, វិហារកាតូលិក, វិហារ, white hurch វិហារនៃសាសនាគ្រិស្ដ, វិហារកាតូលិក, separation of church and state សាសនា
verb — past tense: churched ; past participle: churched ; present participle: churching ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (To bring to church for a service of thanksgiving. -the Church all Christians, the clergy as a profession) church up ផ្ទុកធ្យូង
Example: Go to the church to mend the roof, The Christian church. - 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) ដាក់ទណ្ឌកម្ម (សាសនា)
ENGLISH MEANING
noun — Plural: churches
- 1.
- A building set apart for Christian worship.
- 2.
- A Jewish or heathen temple.
- 3.
- A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together.
- 4.
- 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.
- 5.
- The collective body of Christians.
- 6.
- Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm.
- 7.
- The aggregate of religious influences in a community; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of the church against some moral evil.
verb — past tense: churched ; past participle: churched ; present participle: churching ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) 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.