Kirchen-

Kịr|chen- in cpds → church;

Ki#r|chen|äl|tes|te(r)

mf decl as adj → church elder

Ki#r|chen|amt

nt

→ ecclesiastical office

(= Verwaltungsstelle) → church offices pl

Ki#r|chen|aus|tritt

m → leaving the Church no art; Kirchen-e → (cases of) people leaving the Church

Ki#r|chen|bank

f pl <-bänke> → (church) pew

Ki#r|chen|bann

m → anathema; (= Interdikt) → interdict; den Kirchen- über jdn verhängen → to excommunicate sb; (= Interdikt verhängen) → to interdict sb

Ki#r|chen|be|such

m → church-going

Ki#r|chen|be|su|cher(in)

m(f) → churchgoer

Ki#r|chen|blatt

nt → parish magazine

Ki#r|chen|buch

nt → church register

Ki#r|chen|chor

m → church choir

Ki#r|chen|dieb|stahl

m → theft from a/the church

Ki#r|chen|die|ner(in)

m(f) → sexton

ki#r|chen|feind|lich

adj → anticlerical

adv sich Kirchen- äußern → to make anticlerical remarks; Kirchen- eingestellt sein → to be opposed to the Church

Ki#r|chen|fens|ter

nt → church window

Ki#r|chen|fest

nt → religious or church festival

Ki#r|chen|frau

f → churchwoman

Ki#r|chen|fürst

m → high dignitary of the Church; (katholisch) → prince of the Church

Ki#r|chen|ge|mein|de

f → parish

Ki#r|chen|ge|schich|te

f → church or ecclesiastical history

Ki#r|chen|glo|cke

f → church bell

Ki#r|chen|gut

nt → church property

Ki#r|chen|jahr

nt → church or ecclesiastical year

Ki#r|chen|kampf

m → struggle between Church and state

Ki#r|chen|la|tein

nt → Church Latin

Ki#r|chen|leh|rer(in)

m(f) → Doctor of the Church

Ki#r|chen|lei|tung

f → government of the Church; (= Gremium) → governing body of the Church

Ki#r|chen|licht

nt kein (großes) Kirchen- sein (fig inf) → to be not very bright

Ki#r|chen|lied

nt → hymn

Ki#r|chen|mann

m pl <-männer> → churchman

Ki#r|chen|maus

f arm wie eine Kirchen- → poor as a church mouse

Ki#r|chen|mu|sik

f → church or sacred music

Ki#r|chen|pat|ron(in)

m(f) → (church’s) patron saint

Ki#r|chen|po|li|tik

f → church policy

ki#r|chen|po|li|tisch

adj → relating to church policy

adv → in relation to church policy

Ki#r|chen|rat¹

m (= Gremium) → Church Council

Ki#r|chen|rat²

m, Kịr|chen|rä|tin

f → member of the Church Council

Ki#r|chen|raub

m → theft from a/the church; (von geweihtem Gegenstand) → sacrilege

Ki#r|chen|räu|ber(in)

m(f) → church-robber

Ki#r|chen|recht

nt → canon law

ki#r|chen|recht|lich

adj → canonical

Ki#r|chen|schän|der

m <-s, ->, Kịr|chen|schän|de|rin

f <-, -nen> → desecrator, profaner

Ki#r|chen|schiff

nt (= Längsschiff) → nave; (= Querschiff) → transept

Ki#r|chen|spal|tung

f → schism

Ki#r|chen|staat

m (Hist) → Papal States pl; (= Vatikanstaat) → Vatican City

Ki#r|chen|steu|er

f → church tax

Ki#r|chen|stra|fe

f → ecclesiastical punishment

Ki#r|chen|tag

m → Church congress

Ki#r|chen|ton|art

f → church or ecclesiastical mode

Ki#r|chen|va|ter

m → Father of the Church, Church Father

Ki#r|chen|ver|fol|gung

f → persecution of the Church

Ki#r|chen|vor|stand

m → parish council