The difference between Church and Temple

When used as nouns, church means a christian house of worship, whereas temple means a house of worship dedicated to a polytheistic faith.

When used as verbs, church means to conduct a religious service for (a woman after childbirth, or a newly married couple), whereas temple means to build a temple for.

check bellow for the other definitions of Church and Temple

  1. Church as a noun (countable):

    A Christian house of worship; a building where religious services take place.

    Examples:

    "There is a lovely little church in the valley."

    "This building used to be a church before being converted into a library."

  2. Church as a noun:

    Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity.

    Examples:

    "These worshippers make up the Church of Christ."

  3. Church as a noun (countable):

    A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.

  4. Church as a noun (countable):

    A particular denomination of Christianity.

    Examples:

    "The Church of England separated from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534."

  5. Church as a noun (uncountable, countable, as bare noun):

    Christian worship held at a church; service.

  6. Church as a noun:

    A (non-Christian) religion; a religious group.

    Examples:

    "She goes to a Wiccan church down the road."

  7. Church as a noun:

    assembly

  1. Church as a verb (transitive, now, _, historical):

    To conduct a religious service for (a woman after childbirth, or a newly married couple).

  2. Church as a verb (transitive):

    To educate someone religiously, as in in a church.

  1. Temple as a noun (Judaism):

    A house of worship, especially A house of worship dedicated to a polytheistic faith. A synagogue, especially a non-Orthodox synagogue. A church closed to non-Mormons and necessary for particular rituals. A Buddhist house of worship, as opposed to a Shinto shrine.

    Examples:

    "The temple of Zeus was very large."

    "How often do you go to temple?"

  2. Temple as a noun:

    A meeting house of the Oddfellows fraternity; its members.

  3. Temple as a noun (figurative):

    Any place regarded as holding a religious presence.

  4. Temple as a noun (figurative):

    Anything regarded as important or minutely cared for.

    Examples:

    "My body is my temple."

  5. Temple as a noun (figurative):

    A gesture wherein the forefingers are outstretched and touch pad to pad while the other fingers are clasped together.

  1. Temple as a verb (transitive):

    To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; to temple a god

    Examples:

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  1. Temple as a noun (anatomy):

    The slightly flatter region, on either side of the human head, behind of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch, and forward of the ear.

  2. Temple as a noun (ophthalmology):

    Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them.

  1. Temple as a noun (weaving):

    A contrivance used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.

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