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a building that sells you eternity but can't fix the parking on Sunday
means A building used for Christian worship, or more broadly the community of Christians and the institution of organized Christianity.
from From Old English 'cirice,' which came through Germanic from the Greek 'kyriakon (doma)' — 'the Lord's (house),' from 'kyrios,' 'lord' or 'master.' So baked into the word is the idea of a place that belongs to someone above you. The same Greek root quietly survives in the Scots 'kirk' and the German 'Kirche.'
- tax status
- In the US, churches pay zero federal income tax
- acoustics
- Cathedrals were built to make voices sound divine
- first skyscrapers
- Medieval spires were the tallest structures for centuries
- sanctuary law
- Churches once gave fugitives legal protection from arrest
- orientation
- Many face east toward the rising sun
sagrada familia — barcelona basilica under construction since 1883, designed by antoni gaudí
st peter's basilica — vatican city, largest church in the world by interior volume, completed 1626
notre-dame de chartres — french gothic cathedral built 1194-1220, famous for rose windows and labyrinths