Definition of "churches" []

• Plural form of church. (noun)

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• "Cotton Mather had prophesied of a coming time when churches would have to be gathered _out of the churches_ in the colony."
• "But the churches, _as churches_, have done very little for the cause of the "Prince of peace," and now the world itself has outgrown their moral standard and looks to them for guidance and inspiration no more."
• "Skeptic though he was, Girard sometimes gave money to build churches, not because they were _churches_, but because, as buildings, they contributed to the improvement of the city."