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Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males. [R.] "A masculine church." Fuller.

Time of morning service; the first canonical hour in the Roman Catholic Church.

One of a religious congregation of the Roman Catholic Church devoted to the improvement of Armenians.

A house used as a place of worship; a church; -- in England, applied only to a house so used by Dissenters.

edges the authority of the pope, but adheres to the liturgy and ceremonies of the Eastern Church.

vent; something which serves to keep something else in remembrance; a monument. Macaulay. Churches have names; some as memorials of peace, some of wisdom, some in memory of the Trinity itself. Hooker.

A work of twelve volumes, each containing the offices in the Greek Church for a month; also, each volume of the same. Shipley.

Mass; church service. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest church dignitary. The great metropolis and see of Rome. Shak.

The feat of the archangel Michael, a church festival, celebrated on the 29th of September. Hence, colloquially, autumn. Michaelmas daisy. (Bot.) See under Daisy.

Mil"i*tant*ly, adv. At which command the powers militant... Moved on in silence. Milton. Church militant, the Christian church on earth, which is supposed to be engaged in a constant warfare against its enemies, and is thus distinguished from the church triumphant, in heaven.

One who serves at the altar; one who performs sacerdotal duties; the pastor of a church duly authorized or licensed to preach the gospel and administer the sacraments. Addison.

A church of a monastery. The name is often retained and applied to the church after the monastery has ceased to exist (as Beverly Minster, Southwell Minster, etc.), and is also improperly used for any large church. Minster house, the official house in which the canons of a cathedral live in common or in rotation. Shipl…

A small projecting boss or bracket, on the under side of the hinged seat of a church stall (see Stall). It was intended, the seat being turned up, to give some support to a worshiper when standing. Called also misericordia.

An organization for worship and work, dependent on one or more churches.

A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries. It has been made in many forms, the present form being a lofty cap with two points or peaks. Fairholt.

One of a party in the Church of Scotland in the 18th century, and part of the 19th, professing moderation in matters of church government, in discipline, and in doctrine.

trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy; to interfere with; to vex. They have molested the church with needless opposition. Hooker.

One of a sect in the early Christian church which rejected the doctrine of the Trinity; -- called also patripassian.

One of a sect, in the ancient church, who maintained that the human and divine in Jesus Christ constituted but one composite nature. Also used adjectively.