Wörterbuch (en): Church
- Church
de:
Kirche (f) / Kirchengebäude (f)
fr:
Église (f)
it:
Chiesa (f)
es:
Iglesia (f) / Templo (m)
A building used by a Christian faith community for prayer and worship. The main architectural parts of a traditional European church building are the choir, the transept and the nave. Church buildings in the Middle Ages were usually oriented to the east. (The main altar lies in the direction of the middle rising point of the sun).