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gereja.

church:

6 characters3 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡəˈred͡ʒa/Standard-Indonesian[ɡəˈre.d͡ʒa]Standard-Indonesian
  1. church: a Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.

    countable
  2. church: Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity; Christendom.

    uncountable
  3. church: a particular denomination of Christianity.

    countable
  4. church: a local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.

    countable
  5. congregation: a gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsory form).

  6. congregation: a corporate body whose members gather for worship, or the members of such a body.

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay ݢريجا (gereja, “church”), from Portuguese igreja, from Old Galician-Portuguese igreja, from Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “congregation”). Doublet of eklesia.

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