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. |
Fair (superl.) Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection |
Fair (superl.) Pleasing to the eye |
Fair (superl.) Without a dark hue |
Fair (superl.) Not overcast |
Fair (superl.) Free from obstacles or hindrances |
Fair (superl.) Without sudden change of direction or curvature |
Fair (superl.) Characterized by frankness, honesty, impartiality, or candor |
Fair (superl.) Pleasing |
Fair (superl.) Distinct |
Fair (superl.) Free from any marked characteristic |
Fair (adv.) Clearly |
Fair (n.) Fairness, beauty. |
Fair (n.) A fair woman |
Fair (n.) Good fortune |
Fair (v. t.) To make fair or beautiful. |
Fair (v. t.) To make smooth and flowing, as a vessel's lines. |
Fair (n.) A gathering of buyers and sellers, assembled at a particular place with their merchandise at a stated or regular season, or by special appointment, for trade. |
Fair (n.) A festival, and sale of fancy articles. erc., usually for some charitable object |
Fair (n.) A competitive exhibition of wares, farm products, etc., not primarily for purposes of sale |
Fair-haired (a.) Having fair or light-colored hair. |
Fair-leader (n.) A block, or ring, serving as a guide for the running rigging or for any rope. |
Fair-minded (a.) Unprejudiced |
Fair-natured (a.) Well-disposed. |
Fair-weather (a.) Made or done in pleasant weather, or in circumstances involving but little exposure or sacrifice |
Fair-weather (a.) Appearing only when times or circumstances are prosperous |
Fair-world (n.) State of prosperity. |
Festival (a.) Pertaining to a fest |
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. |
Low-church (a.) Not placing a high estimate on ecclesiastical organizations or forms |
Set-fair (n.) In plastering, a particularly good troweled surface. |
fair ball | (baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it stays between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field |
fair catch | (American football) a catch of a punt on the fly by a defensive player who has signalled that he will not run and so should not be tackled |
film festival | a cinematic festival that features films (usually films produced during the past year) |
festival fete | an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place), a drama festival |
jazz festival | a festival that features performances by jazz artists |
gala gala affair jamboree blowout | a gay festivity |
carnival fair funfair | a traveling show, having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc. |
church service church | a service conducted in a house of worship, don't be late for church |
fair trade | trade that is conducted legally |
fair trade | trade that satisfies certain criteria on the supply chain of the goods involved, usually including fair payment for producers, often with other social and environmental considerations |
bazaar fair | a sale of miscellany, often for charity, the church bazaar |
book fair bookfair | bazaar at which books are sold or auctioned off in order to raise funds for a worthy cause |
craft fair | a fair at which objects made by craftsmen are offered for sale |
fair hearing | a hearing that is granted in extraordinary situations where the normal judicial process would be inadequate to secure due process because the person would be harmed or denied their rights before a judicial remedy became available (as in deportation or loss of welfare benefits) |
church mouse | a fictional mouse created by Lewis Carroll |
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 |
pew church bench | long bench with backs, used in church by the congregation |
vanity fair | a vain and frivolous lifestyle especially in large cities |
fair chance sporting chance | a reasonable probability of success |
fair use | the conditions under which you can use material that is copyrighted by someone else without paying royalties |
fairness fair-mindedness candor candour | ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty |
fair copy | a clean copy of a corrected draft |
church roll | a list of the members of church |
fair-trade agreement | an agreement (illegal in the United States) between the manufacturer of a trademarked item of merchandise and its retail distributors to sell the item at a price at or above the price set by the manufacturer |
fair-trade act | formerly a state law that protected manufacturers from priceutting by allowing them to set minimum retail prices for their merchandise, eliminated by the United States Congress in |
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 |
fair deal square deal | fair treatment |
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 |