Church

A house appropriated to Christian worship and the performance of religious services; a body or community of Christians, united under one form of government by the profession of the same faith, and the observance of the same ritual and ceremonies. In English ecclesiastical law. An institution established by the law of the land in reference to religion; a benefice, which includes the glebe, parsonage and tithes; in strictness, not the edifice, but the cure of souls and the right of tithes. Church building' acts: statutes passed in England in and since the year 1818, to extend the accommodation afforded by the national church. Church rate: a rate imposed upon the parishioners of a parish for the repairs of the church. Church reeve: a church warden; an overseer of a church. Church wardens: guardians, overseers or keepers of the church. Parochial officers annually appointed by the parish, whose province it is to take care of the church, that is, to see to the repairs of the church, and to have the care of the goods belonging to it