• Shona word kereke in the Shona Dictionary
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kereke
/kéréké/

• noun , class(9)
• synonyms: chechi, sangano
• dialects/origins: Standard Shona

English translation

church

1. An edifice or a place of assemblage specifically set apart for Christian worship.

2. An edifice dedicated to any other kind of religious worship; a temple.

3. The visible and organic body of Christian believers, especially as accepting the ecumenical creeds of Christendom and as exhibiting a historic continuity of organized life.

4. The invisible and inorganic community of all those who acknowledge a supreme allegiance to Jesus Christ as their Lord and Master.

5. A particular division of the whole body of christians possessing the same or similar symbols of doctrine and forms of worship, and united by a common name and history; a Christian denomination.

6. The organized body of Christians belonging to the same city, diocese, province, country, or nation.

kereke
/kéréké/

• dialects/origins: Zezuru

English translation

kirk

A church or the church, in the various senses of the word; esp., the Church of Scotland as distinguished from other reformed churches, or from the Roman Catholic Church.