musical chairs going to Jerusalem | a child's game in which players march to music around a group of chairs that contains one chair less than the number of players, when the music abruptly stops the players scramble to sit and the player who does not find a chair is eliminated, then a chair is removed and the march resumes until only the winner is seated |
church service church | a service conducted in a house of worship, don't be late for church |
Holy Eucharist Eucharist sacrament of the Eucharist Holy Sacrament Liturgy Eucharistic liturgy Lord's Supper | a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine |
Communion Holy Communion sacramental manduction manduction | the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist, the governor took Communion with the rest of the congregation |
holy order | the sacrament of ordination |
sand cricket Jerusalem cricket Stenopelmatus fuscus | large wingless nocturnal grasshopper that burrows in loose soil along the Pacific coast of the United States |
church mouse | a fictional mouse created by Lewis Carroll |
burial chamber sepulcher sepulchre sepulture | a chamber that is used as a grave |
chrism chrisom sacramental oil holy oil | a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam |
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 |
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 |
grail Holy Grail Sangraal | (legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper |
holy of holies sanctum sanctorum | (Judaism) sanctuary comprised of the innermost chamber of the Tabernacle in the temple of Solomon where the Ark of the Covenant was kept |
Holy Sepulcher Holy Sepulchre | the sepulcher in which Christ's body lay between burial and resurrection |
Jerusalem cross | a cross with equal arms, each terminating in a small crossbar |
pew church bench | long bench with backs, used in church by the congregation |
Temple of Jerusalem Temple of Solomon | any of three successive temples in Jerusalem that served as the primary center for Jewish worship, the first temple contained the Ark of the Covenant and was built by Solomon in the th century BC and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in BC, the second was built in BC and the third was an enlargement by Herod the Great inBC that was destroyed by the Romans during a Jewish revolt in AD , all that remains is the Wailing Wall |
holy of holies | (figurative) something regarded as sacred or inviolable, every politician fears to touch that holy of holies, the Social Security System |
Celestial City City of God Heavenly City Holy City | phrases used to refer to Heaven, the Celestial City was Christian's goal in Bunyan's `Pilgrim's Progress' |
Bible Christian Bible Book Good Book Holy Scripture Holy Writ Scripture Word of God Word | the sacred writings of the Christian religions, he went to carry the Word to the heathen |
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 |
Jerusalem artichoke sunchoke | sunflower tuber eaten raw or boiled or sliced thin and fried as Saratoga chips |
Harkat-ul-Mujahidin HUM Harkat ul-Ansar HUA Harkat ul-Mujahedeen Al Faran Movement of Holy Warriors | an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the s, now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan |
Jerusalem Warriors | ethnic Turkish Sunni terrorists who are linked with the Turkish Hizballah, killed a United States Air Force sergeant in |
Laskar Jihad Holy War Warriors | a paramilitary terrorist organization of militant Muslims in Indonesia, wages a jihad against Christians in Indonesia, subscribes to the Wahhabi creed of Islam |
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 |
Christian Church Disciples of Christ | a Protestant church that accepts the Bible as the only source of true Christian faith and practices baptism by immersion |
Anglican Church Anglican Communion Church of England | the national church of England (and all other churches in other countries that share its beliefs), has its see in Canterbury and the sovereign as its temporal head |
Episcopal Church Protestant Episcopal Church | United States church that is in communication with the see of Canterbury |