Church
Organized faith body
Church as a proper noun typically refers to a specific Christian denomination or institution, most often the Catholic Church: The Church's position on contraception, The Church of England.
It also functions as a surname. (Lowercase church is a building or generic religious institution.)
Bishop's territorial jurisdiction
- denominationNamed religious group
- synodChurch governing assembly
- bishopricBishop's jurisdictional district
- papacyPope's office and authority
curia · hierarchy · clergy · episcopal · parochial · ecclesiastical · canonical · ordination
diocese
Bishop's territorial jurisdiction
- denominationNamed religious group
- synodChurch governing assembly
- bishopricBishop's jurisdictional district
papacy · curia · hierarchy · clergy · episcopal · parochial · ecclesiastical · canonical · ordination · pontifical
Churchsecularism
Separation of faith, state
secular society · worldliness · secular humanism · materialism · laity
Churchatheism
Rejection of deities
disbelief · godlessness · irreligion · secularism · agnosticism
Churchspiritual but not religious
Personal faith, no denomination
private devotion · mysticism · inner light · meditation · personal devotion
- church bellsBronze instruments in steeples
- the churchChristian religious institution
- church activitiesOrganized congregational programs
- church serviceOrganized Christian worship gathering
- United Methodist ChurchProtestant denomination from Wesley's movement
- church hierarchyRanked religious leadership structure
churches, Church Slavonic, churchyard, churchgoing, churchman, churchgoer, Churchill, churchgoers, churchwomen