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middle
Noun
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The place that is between two things; the place that is halfway between two ends of something.
Cut the wood exactly in the middle to get two pieces of equal size.
The middle of the three books is the one you want.
east
Noun
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The east is a place that is closer to where the sun rises than another place.
My parents live in the east.
east
Preposition
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One of the four compass directions: 90º clockwise from north. The sun rises in the east.
I drove east from Chicago.
council
Noun
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A council is a group of people who are chosen or elected to make laws, rules, and decisions.
Town council is considering a road-widening proposal.
The student council has collected $5,000 to buy new books for the library.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
church
Noun
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A church is a building where Christians gather and pray to God.
The church across the street has a service at 10 am.
Christian churches and Buddhist temples exist alongside each other.
Though she prayed and attended church, as she got older she often wondered why God didn't do anything.
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A church is a particular kind of religious belief or power.
They asked for the help of the Catholic Church.
At the time I moved from the Baptist Church to the Pentecostal Church I was about sixteen years old.
Jesus Christ established a church in which men and women were equal.
This country was founded on the idea of separation of church and state.
People tend to leave because they don't accept certain church teachings.
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A Christian religious organization, local or general.
The Church (referring to the dominant religious organization of a particular time or place).
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Church is a time when Christians go to a church.
I'll be there after church.
Church
Proper Noun
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(used with "the") A specific church denomination such as the Catholic Church.
The Catholic Church is just around the corner.
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A surname.
Mr.Church donated the painting.