## Meanings
1. A building where Christians meet to worship.
2. A religious service held in a church.
3. A particular branch or organization of the Christian religion.
4. The group of people who attend or belong to a particular church.

## Examples
- There is a lovely little church in the valley.
- Don't be late for church on Sunday.
- The Church of England separated from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534.
- Our church is hosting a picnic next week.

## Synonyms
- autem
- congregation

## Derived Forms
- antechurch
- antichurch
- champ
- champing
- chopchurch
- christchurch
- church-ale
- church-door
- church-goer
- church-going
- church-load
- church-ridden

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ḱewh₁-
- Root: chirche
- Root: ċiriċe
- Root: *kirikā
- Root: κυριακόν

## Etymology
From Middle English chirche, from Old English ċiriċe (“church”), from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, an early borrowing of Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón), neuter form of κυριακός (kuriakós, “belonging to the lord”), from κύριος (kúrios, “ruler, lord”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“to swell, spread out, be strong, prevail”). Doublet of kirk. additional etymological information For vowel evolution, see bury. Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón) was used of houses of Christian worship since circa 300 CE, especially in the East, though it was less common in this sense than ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía,…

## AI Etymology
church is a noun and verb. It is from Middle English chirche, from Old English ċiriċe (“church”), from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, an early borrowing of Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón), neuter form of κυριακός (kuriakós, “belonging to the lord”), from κύριος (kúrios, “ruler, lord”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“to swell, spread out, be strong, prevail”). Doublet of kirk. additional etymological information For vowel evolution, see bury. Historical forms in the chain include *ḱewh₁- (Proto-Indo-European), chirche (Middle English), ċiriċe (Old English), *kirikā (Proto-West Germanic), and κυριακόν (Ancient Greek). Current senses include a building where Christians meet to worship, a religious service held in a church, and a particular branch or organization of the Christian religion. Derived forms include antechurch, antichurch, champ, champing, and chopchurch.

## Topics
- Religion & Belief

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