(mathematics) A means of representing data and operators in the lambda calculus, by forming them into a mathematical structure embedded in the lambda calculus.

(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

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

Dominated by the church or churches.

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.

(US) A local Christian church characterized heavily by Western culture.