[
  {
    "word": "church",
    "phonetic": "/t\u0361\u0283\u025c\u02d0t\u0361\u0283/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/t\u0361\u0283\u025c\u02d0t\u0361\u0283/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/church-uk.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9014326",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY 3.0 US",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us"
        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/t\u0361\u0283\u025dt\u0361\u0283/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/church-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=840616",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "There is a lovely little church in the valley."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "These worshippers make up the Church of Christ."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A particular denomination of Christianity.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The Church of England separated from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(as bare noun) Christian worship held at a church; service.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Organized religion in general or a specific religion considered as a political institution.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Many constitutions enshrine the separation of church and state."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Any religious group.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "She goes to a Wiccan church down the road."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Assembly.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "chapel",
          "kirk",
          "congregation"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To conduct a religious service for (a woman after childbirth, or a newly married couple).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To educate someone religiously, as in in a church.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/church"
    ]
  }
]