A building for Christian worship and religious activities.

A Christian worship service held in a church.

Christians collectively; the Christian institution or Christendom.

• Organized religion as an institution, especially in public life.

A local body of believers forming a congregation.

A particular Christian denomination or ecclesiastical body.

To perform a religious rite for a woman after childbirth or a newly married couple.

• To provide religious instruction or upbringing in a church.

Used to express emphatic agreement or approval.