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Church

A building set apart for Christian worship.

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Narrower term 6

Abbey 76% connected

A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also, the monastic building or buildin…

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Basilica 76% connected

Originally, the place of a king; but afterward, an apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensi…

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Cathedral 76% connected

The principal church in a diocese, so called because in it the bishop has his official chair (Cathedra) or throne.

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Duomo 76% connected

A cathedral. See Dome, 2.

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Kirk 76% connected

A church or the church, in the various senses of the word; esp., the Church of Scotland as distinguished from other reformed churches, or from the Ro…

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Protestant 76% connected

One who protests; -- originally applied to those who adhered to Luther, and protested against, or made a solemn declaration of dissent from, a decree…

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Body 76% connected

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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Faith 76% connected

Belief; the assent of the mind to the truth of what is declared by another, resting solely and implicitly on his authority and veracity; reliance on…

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Perform 76% connected

To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do.

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Religion 76% connected

The outward act or form by which men indicate their recognition of the existence of a god or of gods having power over their destiny, to whom obedien…

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Service 76% connected

Alt. of Service

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Churchly 74% connected

Pertaining to, or suitable for, the church; ecclesiastical.

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Churchly 74% connected

Pertaining to, or suitable for, the church; ecclesiastical.

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Apse 70% connected

A projecting part of a building, esp. of a church, having in the plan a polygonal or semicircular termination, and, most often, projecting from the e…

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Apsis 70% connected

One of the two points of an orbit, as of a planet or satellite, which are at the greatest and least distance from the central body, corresponding to…

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Bema 70% connected

A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.

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Chancel 70% connected

That part of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed.

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Narthex 70% connected

A tall umbelliferous plant (Ferula communis). See Giant fennel, under Fennel.

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Nave 70% connected

The block in the center of a wheel, from which the spokes radiate, and through which the axle passes; -- called also hub or hob.

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Presbytery 70% connected

A body of elders in the early Christian church.

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Sacristy 70% connected

An apartment in a church where the sacred utensils, vestments, etc., are kept; a vestry.

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Sanctuary 70% connected

A sacred place; a consecrated spot; a holy and inviolable site.

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Transept 70% connected

The transversal part of a church, which crosses at right angles to the greatest length, and between the nave and choir. In the basilicas, this had of…

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Vestry 70% connected

A room appendant to a church, in which sacerdotal vestments and sacred utensils are sometimes kept, and where meetings for worship or parish business…

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Containing whole 2

Christendom 70% connected

The profession of faith in Christ by baptism; hence, the Christian religion, or the adoption of it.

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Christianity 70% connected

The religion of Christians; the system of doctrines and precepts taught by Christ.

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Member part 1

Christian 70% connected

One who believes, or professes or is assumed to believe, in Jesus Christ, and the truth as taught by Him; especially, one whose inward and outward li…

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