loft bombing toss bombing | a bombing run in which the bomber approaches the target at a low altitude and pulls up just before releasing the bomb |
church service church | a service conducted in a house of worship, don't be late for church |
church mouse | a fictional mouse created by Lewis Carroll |
artist's loft | a factory loft that has been converted into an artist's workroom and living area |
choir | the area occupied by singers, the part of the chancel between sanctuary and nave |
choir loft | a gallery in a church occupied by the choir |
church church building | a place for public (especially Christian) worship, the church was empty |
church bell | a bell in a church tower (usually sounded to summon people to church), church bells were ringing all over town |
church hat | a fanciful hat of the kind worn by Black women for Sunday worship |
church key | can opener that has a triangular pointed end that pierces the tops of cans |
church tower | the tower of a church |
drift heading gallery | a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine, they dug a drift parallel with the vein |
fly gallery fly floor | a narrow raised platform at the side of a stage in a theater, stagehands can work the ropes controlling equipment in the flies |
funeral home funeral parlor funeral parlour funeral chapel funeral church funeralesidence | a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects |
gallery | narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building, usually marked by a colonnade |
gallery | a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns) |
gallery | a long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose, shooting gallery |
gallery art gallery picture gallery | a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited |
loft attic garret | floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof, often used for storage |
loft pigeon loft | a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept |
loft | floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space |
organ loft | a gallery occupied by a church organ |
pew church bench | long bench with backs, used in church by the congregation |
press gallery | an area (sometimes in a balcony) set aside for reporters (especially in a legislative hall) |
second balcony family circle upper balcony peanut gallery | rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats |
shooting gallery shooting range | an enclosed firing range with targets for rifle or handgun practice |
shooting gallery | a building (usually abandoned) where drug addicts buy and use heroin |
veranda verandah gallery | a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed) |
whispering gallery whispering dome | a space beneath a dome or arch in which sounds produced at certain points are clearly audible at certain distant points |
loft | (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air |
church roll | a list of the members of church |
religious doctrine church doctrine gospel creed | the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group |
ecclesiastical mode Gregorian mode church mode medieval mode | any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until , derived historically from the Greek mode |
Old Church Slavonic Old Church Slavic Church Slavic Old Bulgarian | the Slavic language into which the Bible was translated in the th century |
religious music church music | genre of music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies |
peanut gallery | (figurative) people whose criticisms are regarded as irrelevant or insignificant (resembling uneducated people who throw peanuts on the stage to express displeasure with a performance), he ignored complaints from the peanut gallery |
church Christian church | one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship |
church | the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church, our church is hosting a picnic next week |
Armenian Church Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church | an independent Christian church established in Armenia since , was influenced by both Roman and Byzantine traditions |
Catholic Church | any of several churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian Church |
Roman Catholic Western Church Roman Catholic Church Church of Rome Roman Church | the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy |
Nestorian Church | a Christian Church in the Middle East that followed Nestorianism, there is still a small Nestorian Church in Iraq |
Old Catholic Church | Catholic churches that broke away from the Roman Catholic Church in the th century |
Eastern Church Byzantine Church | the Catholic Church as it existed in the Byzantine Empire |
Orthodox Church Orthodox Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Eastern Church Eastern Orthodox | derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites |
Greek Orthodox Church Greek Church | state church of Greece, an autonomous part of the Eastern Orthodox Church |
Russian Orthodox Church | an independent church with its own Patriarch, until it was the established church or Russia |
Uniat Church Uniate Church | any of several churches in eastern Europe or the Middle East that acknowledge papal authority but retain their own liturgy |
Coptic Church | the ancient Christian church of Egypt |
Protestant Church Protestant | the Protestant churches and denominations collectively |