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Kirchentag

church congress (major Protestant assembly)

noun KIR-khen-tahk Rare
Arts & Culture Religion

Also means

church day

Usage Note

Kirchentag most prominently refers to the Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag, a large biennial gathering of Protestant Christians in Germany with worship, debate, and cultural events. There is also a Catholic Katholikentag. A significant event in the German religious calendar.

Examples

"Zum Kirchentag reisten Zehntausende Gläubige aus dem ganzen Land an."

Natural Translation

Tens of thousands of believers from across the country travelled to the church congress.

Literal Translation

To the church-day travelled tens-of-thousands believers from the whole land.

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