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church,  in architecture, a building designed for Christian worship.

The earliest churches were based on the plan of the pagan Roman basilica, or hall of justice. The plan generally included a nave, or hall, with a flat timber roof, in which the crowd gathered; one or two side aisles flanking the nave and separated from it by a row of regularly spaced columns; a narthex, or entrance vestibule at the west end, which was reserved for penitents and unbaptized believers; and an apse of either semicircular or rectangular design, located at the east end and reserved for the clergy.

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A church is a public place of worship, usually for people of the Christian religion. Some Christian denominations, or groups, also have buildings called cathedrals. A cathedral serves as the central, or main, church for a geographical area.

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