Church

cherch,??. A building for Christian worship; a body of Christian believers worshiping together, a or having the same rites and ecclesiastical authority; the collective body of Christians; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc. — v.t. [churched (chercht), churching.] To unite with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after childbirth. — Church^ man, n.; pi. -men. An ecclesiastic or clergyman; an Episcopalian, as disting.fr. other Protestants. — Church/manship, n. State of being, etc. — Church'ward'en, -wawrd'n, n. An officer charged with the pecuniary interests of a church or parish. — Church'yard, n. Ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried; a cemetery. a Churl, cherl,??. A rustic; a countryman or laborer; a rough, surly, ill-bred man; one illiberal or miserly; a niggard.