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'''Church''' can mean a building for public, especially [[Christian]] [[worship]], or it can mean the institution that runs such buildings.

Prior to the [[Reformation]] and the advent of [[Protestant]] religion this usually meant the [[Catholic Church]] (or the [[Orthodox Christian Church]] for Greek and many Slavic [[persona]]); however, after [[1517]] and the edicts of [[Martin Luther]] it could mean any of the [[Protestant]] churches as well.

The [[Jew]]ish equivalent is the [[Synagogue]].
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