(Roman Catholicism) Each of the five great basilicae of Rome, viz. the Lateran, St Peter’s, St Paul’s outside the Walls, St Mary Major’s, and St Lawrence’s outside the Walls.

(architecture) A steeple or bell tower.

plural of church tower

plural of parish church

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO4593).

Dominated by the church or churches.

plural of state church

a church established by or controlled by the government of a country.

plural of Church Father

(Christianity) One of a number of male Christian writers from Antiquity whose doctrinal work is considered authoritative by the later church.