Dictionary: CHURCH – CHURCH'-YARD

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CHURCH, v.t.

To perform with any one the office of returning thanks in the church, after any signal deliverance, as from the dangers of childbirth. – Johnson.

CHURCH'-ALE, n.

A wake or feast commemoratory of the dedication of the church. – Johnson.

CHURCH'-AT-TIRE, n.

The habit in which men officiate in divine service. – Hooker.

CHURCH'-AU-THOR'I-TY, n.

Ecclesiastical power; spiritual jurisdiction. – Atterbury.

CHURCH'-BENCH, n.

The seat in the porch of a church.

CHURCH'-BU-RI-AL, n.

Burial according to the rights of the church. – Ayliffe.

CHURCH'-DIS-CI-PLINE, n.

Discipline of the church, intended to correct the offenses of its members.

CHURCH'DOM, n.

The government or authority of the church.

CHURCH'-FOUND-ER, n.

He that builds or endows a church. – Hooker.

CHURCH'-GO-ER, n.

One who usually goes to church.

CHURCH'-GO-ING, a.

Usually attending church.

CHURCH'-HIST-O-RY, n.

History of the Christian church; ecclesiastical history.

CHURCH'ING, n.

The act of offering thanks in church after childbirth.

CHURCH'-LAND, n.

Land belonging to a church. – Yelverton.

CHURCH'-LIKE, a.

Becoming the church.

CHURCH'-MAN, n.

  1. An ecclesiastic or clergyman; one who ministers in sacred things.
  2. An episcopalian, as distinguished from a presbyterian or congregationalist, &c.

CHURCH'MAN-SHIP, n.

State of being a churchman. – Ec. Rev.

CHURCH'-MEM'BER, n.

A member in communion with a church; a professor of religion.

CHURCH-MEM'BER-SHIP, a.

State of being a church member.

CHURCH'-MU-SIC, n.

  1. The service of singing or chanting in a church.
  2. Music suited to church service.

CHURCH'SHIP, n.

Institution of the church. – South.

CHURCH'-WAR-DEN, n.

A keeper or guardian of the church, and a representative of the parish. Church-wardens are appointed by the minister, or elected by the parishioners, to superintend the church, its property and concerns, and the behavior of the parishioners. For these and many other purposes, they possess corporate powers. – Johnson. Encyc.

CHURCH'-WAY, n.

The way, street, or road that leads to the church.

CHURCH'-WORK, n.

Work carried on slowly. – Chalmers.

CHURCH'-YARD, n.

The ground adjoining to a church in which the dead are buried; a cemetery. – Johnson.