ch.
ch. is the abbreviation of church.
ch. is the abbreviation of chapter.
Meaning of church
Noun
church (countable and uncountable, plural churches)
- A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.
- There is a lovely little church in the valley.
- Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity; Christendom.
- These worshippers make up the Church of Christ.
- A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.
- Many young people find their only role models of family life in church.2007, Bill Gibson, The Ultimate Church Sound Operator's Handbook, page 78
- A particular denomination of Christianity.
- The Church of England separated from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534.
- Christian worship held at a church; service.
- Pastors complained that they were not allowed enough authority in church, with women exercising too much informal control.1997, Paul Harvey, Redeeming the South: Religious Cultures and Racial Identities ..., page 119
- Organized religion in general or a specific religion considered as a political institution.
- Many constitutions enshrine the separation of church and state.
Meaning of chapter
Noun
chapter (plural chapters)
- One of the main sections into which a published work is divided, especially a book.
- Detective novel writers try to keep up the suspense until the last chapter.
- A section of a work, a collection of works, or fragments of works, often manuscripts or transcriptions, created by scholars or advocates, not the original authors, to aid in finding portions of the texts.
- CHAPTER - One of the principal divisions of a book, and, in reference to the Bible, one of the larger sections into which its books are divided. This division, as well as that consisting of verses, was introduced to facilitate reference, and not to indicate any natural or accurate division of the...1842, Walter Farquahar Hook, A Church Dictionary, published 1896
- An assembly of monks, prebendaries and/or other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean.
- A community of canons or canonesses.
- A bishop's council.
- An administrative division of an organization, usually local to a specific area.
Forms of ch.
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Phrases with ch.
Questions about ch.
- What is ch. the abbreviation of?
- Ch. is the abbreviation of church.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ch. (page history and authors); church (page history and authors); chapter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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