church: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 16 letter points · starts with C · ends with H
Meaning of church
noun
- countable
A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.
Example: There is a lovely little church in the valley.
- countable, uncountable
Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity; Christendom.
Example: These worshippers make up the Church of Christ.
- countable
A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.
- countable
A particular denomination of Christianity.
Example: The Church of England separated from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534.
Listed forms: churches, churche, chirche, chuuch, chuhch.
Source: Wiktionary — church.
verb
- transitive
To educate someone religiously, as in a church.
- historical, transitive
To conduct a religious service for (a woman after childbirth, or a newly married couple).
Listed forms: churches, churching, churched, churche, chirche, chuuch, chuhch.
Source: Wiktionary — church.
intj
- slang
Used to express strong agreement.
Example: – These burritos are the best! – Church!
Listed forms: churche, chirche, chuuch, chuhch.
Source: Wiktionary — church.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for church.
noun
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
- Christian church
noun
a place for public (especially Christian) worship
- church building
noun
a service conducted in a house of worship
- church service
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is church in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of church
C(3) + H(4) + U(1) + R(1) + C(3) + H(4) = 16 points.
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Anagrams of church
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from church
5 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in church. Showing up to 24, longest first.