VERB + CHURCH
- build
- consecrate, found
- The church was consecrated in 1250
- dedicate
- The church is dedicated to St Paul
CHURCH + NOUN
- bells, clock, steeple, tower
- hall
- fete
PREP
- at a/the ~
- a chamber concert at our local church
- in a/the ~
- There's an interesting organ in the village church
VERB + CHURCH
- attend, go to
- Do you go to church?
PREP
- after/before ~
- Come to our place for lunch after church
- at/in ~
- Mrs Parsons wasn't at church this Sunday
ADJ
- early
- The early Church believed miracles were proof of who Jesus was
- high, low
- He loves all the high church traditions?incense and processions and vestments
- evangelical, fundamentalist
- established (= official), free (= nonconformist)
- Christian, etc.
VERB + CHURCH
- enter, go into
- He went into the Church (= became a priest) when he was 23
- leave
- He left the Church after a loss of faith
CHURCH + NOUN
- authorities, leaders, member4 particular group of Christians
- authorities, elder, leader, member