Church

(noun.) a place for public (especially Christian) worship; 'the church was empty'.

(noun.) one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship.

(noun.) the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church; 'our church is hosting a picnic next week'.

(verb.) perform a special church rite or service for; 'church a woman after childbirth'.

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• On the second day he found his wife and Sir Percival whispering together quite familiar, close under the vestry of the church. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I saw them stop near the church and speak to the sexton's wife, who had come from the cottage, and had waited, watching us from a distance. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• But since we no longer have the Church I do not think it carries importance. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Not a vestige of the entry which recorded the marriage of Sir Felix Glyde and Cecilia Jane Elster in the register of the church! 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I should have walked on to the church if the conversation of two men and a woman on the outskirts of the crowd had not caught my ear. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• It is a droll little church. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• He is leaving the Church on account of his opinions--his doubts would do him no good at Oxford. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• My impatience to reach the church was so great that I could not remain inactive in the cottage while the clerk lit the lantern again. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He would like the wedding to be the day after tomorrow, quite privately; at the church of his parish--not at ours. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Part of the evening church service was the form of worship observed in Mr. Helstone's household. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• This desecration was not the act of some isolated fanatic; it was the official act of the church. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Its destination was the old church of Saint Pancras, far off in the fields. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• All church preferments were in this manner in the disposal of the church. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• It may be an admirable agent of reform, but it has ceased to be a church. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• We have already shown how the hold of the Catholic church upon the consciences of men was weakening at this time. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But there was a systematic hunt for the copies of Holy Writ, and in many places a systematic destruction of Christian churches. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• We have almost no spiritual weapons against classicalism: universities, churches, newspapers are by-products of a commercial success; we have no tradition of intellectual revolt. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• With Ephesus, forty miles from here, where was located another of the seven churches, the case was different. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Theoretically, Mr. Yorke placed all sects and churches on a level. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Early in the morning, I sauntered through the dear old tranquil streets, and again mingled with the shadows of the venerable gateways and churches. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Human beings have desires that are far more important than the tools and toys and churches they make to satisfy them. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The Seven Churches--thus they abbreviate it--came next on the list. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Look at the so-called liberal churches. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• We have seen, in these old churches, a profusion of costly and elaborate sepulchre ornamentation such as we never dreampt of before. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Where churches were being built he painted glass, where towns or nobles needed measurers or surveyors of their lands he worked for them. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The line between the Rebel and Union element in Georgetown was so marked that it led to divisions even in the churches. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Houses, gates, churches, haystacks, objects of every kind they shot by, with a velocity and noise like roaring waters suddenly let loose. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• They prowled about the churches and picture-galleries, much in the old, dreary, prison-yard manner. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Useful clocks of wondrous make were described in the annals of the middle ages, especially in Germany, made by monks and others for Kings, monasteries and churches. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The liberal and advanced churches recognize this fact by exhibiting a great preoccupation with everyday affairs. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

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