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church door

church door noun: a door to a church, especially the front door (or double doors) that open directly to the narthex or nave, often ornate.

Noun

church door (plural church doors)

  1. A door to a church, especially the front door (or double doors) that open directly to the narthex or nave, often ornate.

Forms of church door

pluralchurch doors
alternative formchurchdoor
alternative formchurch-door

Origin of church door

From Middle English chirche dore, from Old English ċiriċdor, ċyriċdor (“church door”), equivalent to church + door. Cognate with West Frisian tsjerkedoar (“church door”), Dutch kerkdeur (“church door”), German Kirchentür (“church door”), Danish kirkedør (“church door”), Icelandic kirkjudyr (“church door”).

Questions about church door

What does church door mean?
Church door means a door to a church, especially the front door (or double doors) that open directly to the narthex or nave, often ornate.
What part of speech is church door?
Church door is a noun.
What is the plural of church door?
The plural of church door is church doors.

Words near church door in the dictionary

  1. church crawler
  2. church crawlers
  3. Church Cross
  4. church crown
  5. church crowns
  6. church door
  7. church doors
  8. Church Eaton
  9. Church encoding
  10. Church encodings
  11. Church End

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