Church vs. Minster

Churchnoun

(countable) A Christian house of worship; a building where religious services take place.

Churchnoun

Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity.

Churchnoun

(countable) A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.

Churchnoun

(countable) A particular denomination of Christianity.

Churchnoun

Christian worship held at a church; service.

Churchnoun

A (non-Christian) religion; a religious group.

Churchnoun

assembly

Churchverb

To conduct a religious service for (a woman) after childbirth.

Churchverb

(transitive) To educate someone religiously, as in in a church.

Churchnoun

A building set apart for Christian worship.

Churchnoun

A Jewish or heathen temple.

Churchnoun

A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together.

Churchnoun

A body of Christian believers, holding the same creed, observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a denomination; as, the Roman Catholic church; the Presbyterian church.

Churchnoun

The collective body of Christians.

Churchnoun

Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm.

Churchnoun

The aggregate of religious influences in a community; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of the church against some moral evil.

Churchverb

To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women.

Churchnoun

one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

Churchnoun

a place for public (especially Christian) worship;

Churchnoun

a service conducted in a church;

Churchnoun

the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church;

Churchverb

perform a special church rite or service for;

Minsternoun

A monastic church.

Minsternoun

A cathedral church without any monastic connection.

Minsternoun

A church of a monastery. The name is often retained and applied to the church after the monastery has ceased to exist (as Beverly Minster, Southwell Minster, etc.), and is also improperly used for any large church.

Minsternoun

any of certain cathedrals and large churches; originally connected to a monastery