The English word 'church' can mean a building used for Christian worship, or it can mean the congregation, the collective body of Christian worshippers, either globally or those that regularly meet together for worship in/at a particular location or in a particular country.
The word 'church' stems from the Greek word kyriakon* (= of the Lord), and was applied to a group of people 'of the Lord', and to a building 'of the Lord.'
The Greek word kyriakon became kyriake, which became kirk in Northern England and Scotland; cerkovin Russia; and criky in Old Church Slavonic.
The Old English word written cirice (meaning "church") seems to have been the English version/spelling of kyrikae.And the word cirice evolved into the word with which we are more familiar: 'church.'
Evidence that the word 'church' originally meant 'congregation' (body of worshippers) can be found in the references to a 'church in a house' in these Bible verses:
(See also Matthew 18:17; Acts 5:11; 14:27; 20:28; 1 Cor 15:23; 2 Cor 16:19; Col 1:18)
FOOTNOTE
*kyrios is Greek for lord or ruler.
The word "church" in the Greek is ekklesia, which means "called out". Christians are a called out people by God to follow Jesus Christ and so not only are we "called out", but we call our buildings were we meet "church".
a church community
the church of england
The church is just the church. Ecclesia was mistranslated as "church" but it (Ecclesia) means assembly.
The bishop's church is the cathedral of the diocese.
church choir members. They are choristers
They call in the Eucharist in the Episcopalian Church.
The leader of the Church of Christ is called Reverend and President of the Church.
A church in Hindi is called "girajaaghara".
Pentecost
A cathedral.
Hamlet
ambulatery