noun

• (countable, Christianity) A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.
  "There is a lovely little church in the valley."
• (countable) A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.
  "Many young people find their only role models of family life in church."
• (countable) A particular denomination of Christianity.
  "The Church of England separated from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534."
• (uncountable, countable, as bare noun) Christian worship held at a church; service.
  "Pastors complained that they were not allowed enough authority in church, with women exercising too much informal control."

verb

• (transitive, Christianity, now historical) To conduct a religious service for (a woman after childbirth, or a newly married couple).
  "Thenne after this lady was delyuerd and chirched / there came a knyghte vnto her / his name was sire Bromel la pleche / the whiche was a grete lord and he hadde loued that lady longe / and he euermore desyred her to wedde her / and soo by no meane she coude putte hym of"
• (transitive) To educate someone religiously, as in a church.

intj

• (slang) Used to express strong agreement.
  "– These burritos are the best! – Church!"

name

• (used with "the") A specific church (Christian religious denomination), such as the Church of England or the Catholic Church.
  "Priest: Look, matey, this is a church, not a dealing room. I am not interested in your creepy theories about enterprise and initiative. This place is founded on ideas a bit more permanent than the Dow Jones Index... The Church will be here long after your little brat has grown up, ripped a few people off and died unloved in his Spanish retirement villa. Mother: Portuguese, actually, and there's no need to be so beastly. Priest: Well, I'm sorry, but people like you really piss me off."
• (used with "the") Christianity conceptualized as a single church, irrespective of its various denominations; Christendom.
  "the Son in Heaven and the Church on Earth"