churchchurchchurcheschurchedchurchingnoun (pluralchurches)a building where Christians go to speak to God (to pray): They go to church every Sunday.grammarWhen we talk about going to a ceremony (a service) in a church we say in church, to church or at church without ‘a’ or ‘the’: • Was Mr Poole at church today? We use a or the to talk about the building: • the church where we got married • a historic church.