Broad Church () A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respect to doctrine and fellowship, intermediate between the High Church party and the Low Church, or evangelical, party. The term has been applied to other bodies of men holding liberal or comprehensive views of Christian doctrine and fellowship. |
Church (n.) A building set apart for Christian worship. |
Church (n.) A Jewish or heathen temple. |
Church (n.) A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together. |
Church (n.) A body of Christian believers, holding the same creed, observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority |
Church (n.) The collective body of Christians. |
Church (n.) Any body of worshipers |
Church (n.) The aggregate of religious influences in a community |
Church (v. t.) 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 |
Church-ale (n.) A church or parish festival (as in commemoration of the dedication of a church), at which much ale was used. |
Church-bench (n.) A seat in the porch of a church. |
Church-haw (n.) Churchyard. |
Church modes () The modes or scales used in ancient church music. See Gregorian. |
High-church (a.) Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the High Church, or their doctrines or policy. See High Church, under High, a. |
Houses (pl. ) of House |
House (n.) A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind |
House (n.) Household affairs |
House (n.) Those who dwell in the same house |
House (n.) A family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred |
House (n.) One of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in parliament or legislature |
House (n.) A firm, or commercial establishment. |
House (n.) A public house |
House (n.) A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets passing through them in the reverse order every twenty-four hours. |
House (n.) A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece. |
House (n.) An audience |
House (n.) The body, as the habitation of the soul. |
House (n.) The grave. |
House (v. t.) To take or put into a house |
House (v. t.) To drive to a shelter. |
House (v. t.) To admit to residence |
House (v. t.) To deposit and cover, as in the grave. |
House (v. t.) To stow in a safe place |
House (v. i.) To take shelter or lodging |
House (v. i.) To have a position in one of the houses. See House, n., 8. |
Lombard-house (n.) Alt. of Lombar-house |
Lombar-house (n.) A bank or a pawnbroker's shop. |
Lombar-house (n.) A public institution for lending money to the poor at a moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged |
Low-church (a.) Not placing a high estimate on ecclesiastical organizations or forms |
Moot-house (n.) A hall for public meetings |
Sugar-house (n.) A building in which sugar is made or refined |
Tippling-house (n.) A house in which liquors are sold in drams or small quantities, to be drunk on the premises. |
Tiring-house (n.) A tiring-room. |
Treasure-house (n.) A house or building where treasures and stores are kept. |
Trugging-house (n.) A brothel. |
Weigh-houses (pl. ) of Weigh-house |
Weigh-house (n.) A building at or within which goods, and the like, are weighed. |