[{"word":"churches","phonetic":"/ˈtʃɜːtʃɪz/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈtʃɜːtʃɪz/","audio":""},{"text":"/ˈtʃɝtʃɪz/","audio":"https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/churches-us.mp3","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2100345","license":{"name":"BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"}}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"There is a lovely little church in the valley."},{"definition":"Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"These worshippers make up the Church of Christ."},{"definition":"A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A particular denomination of Christianity.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The Church of England separated from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534."},{"definition":"(as bare noun) Christian worship held at a church; service.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Organized religion in general or a specific religion considered as a political institution.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Many constitutions enshrine the separation of church and state."},{"definition":"Any religious group.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"She goes to a Wiccan church down the road."},{"definition":"Assembly.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["chapel","kirk","congregation"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To conduct a religious service for (a woman after childbirth, or a newly married couple).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To educate someone religiously, as in in a church.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/church","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/churches"]}]