CHURCH


Meaning of CHURCH in English

n. 25B6; noun

a village church : PLACE OF WORSHIP, house of God; cathedral, minster, abbey, chapel, basilica; Scottish & N. English kirk. See list.

the Methodist Church : DENOMINATION, sect, creed; faith. See lists at Christianity , religion .

ecclesiastical.

Parts of a Church

aisle organ loft

ambulatory parclose

apse parvis or parvise

aumbry pew

baptistery or baptistry presbytery

belfry prothesis

buttress pulpit

chancel rood loft

chantry rood screen

chevet sacrarium

choir sacristy

choir stall sanctuary

ciborium sedilia

clerestory spire

confessional squint

crossing stall

crypt steeple

dome tabernacle

fenestella tambour

flèche tower

flying buttress transept

font traverse

galilee tribune

gallery triforium

high altar undercroft

Jesse window vault

Lady chapel vaulting

loft vestibule

narthex vestry

nave

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