Megachurch
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A church with an atypically large congregation.
"This American style of religion has begun to spread around the world through the efforts of what the authors call pastorpreneurs, who have modeled themselves on their American counterparts, building megachurches and entrepreneurial empires."
Example
More examples"The pastor asked his megachurch to fund his third private jet."
Etymology
From mega- + church.
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