Any Protestant church run independently by its own congregation, especially one in the Reformed (Calvinist) and/or Dissenter traditions, such as the United Church of Christ, the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches, or the Conservative Congregational Christian Conference.

A tobacco pipe with a long, curved stem.

(Britain) A lay officer of the Church of England who handles the secular affairs of the parish. / (US) A similar functionary of the Episcopal church. / (UK, slang) A churchwarden pipe.

One of the major branches of Christianity; it comprises the Greek Orthodox Church, the Russian Orthodox Church and other patriarchates. / Any other Church that self-designates as Eastern and Orthodox

The Eastern Orthodox Church / The Eastern body of Christendom / That part of Christendom apart from the Eastern Catholic Churches / Any Church that self-designates as Orthodox

The Catholic Church, which consists of 24 particular churches in full communion with the Pope as the Bishop of Rome.

plural of churchgoer

Any of the churches worldwide that are in communion with the Church of England, have the same doctrine, and have the Archbishop of Canterbury as supreme head. / A church that practises Anglicanism.

A suburb of the city of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. / A town in the Latrobe Valley district, Victoria, Australia. / A town in Manitoba, Canada, on the coast of Hudson Bay.

Alternative spelling of megachurch