用於進行公開基督教禮拜的建築物，歷史上不同於禮拜堂或祈禱室等建築，在廣意上教堂的某些部分屬於私人或非公開。教堂建築通常以標準格式建造，這些格式隨著年代、地點與地方教會特徵不同而有所變化。

教堂(建築物)　(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,,)
chiao t'ang (P,,U,韋氏拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
jiāo táng (P,,U,漢語拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
jiao tang (P,,U,漢語拼音(無聲調)-偏好,UF,U,U)
churches(buildings)　(P,,U,英文-偏好,D,U,PN)
church(building)　(,U,英文-非偏好,AD,U,SN)
church architecture(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
church buildings(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
kirks(buildings)　(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
kirkes(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
kurks(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
chirche(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
chiriche(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
churche(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
chureche(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
circe(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
cirice(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
kirrke(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
kerken(P,,U,荷蘭語-偏好,D,U,U)
kerk(,U,荷蘭語-非偏好,AD,U,U)
kerkgebouwen(,U,荷蘭語-非偏好,UF,U,U)
iglesias(P,,U,西班牙語-偏好,D,U,PN)
iglesia(,U,西班牙語-非偏好,AD,U,SN)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....物件層面
........建築環境 (層級名)
............單一建築作品 (層級名)
................<單一建築作品 (建築環境)>
....................<依特定種類區分之單一建築作品>
........................<依功能區分之單一建築作品>
............................儀式結構物
................................<宗教結構物>
....................................宗教建築
........................................教堂 (建築物)

thing(s) involved are....

教會(機構)

英文....	Buildings for public Christian worship that are distinguished historically from chapels and oratories, which are buildings that are in some respect private, or not public in the widest sense. Church architecture generally somewhat follows standard models, which vary depending upon the date, location, and characteristics of the congregation.

教堂(建築物)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	大英視覺藝術百科全書 Vol. 9, 175
churches(buildings)............	[VP]
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-) former heading
.................	RIBA, Architectural Keywords (1982)
.................	RILA, Subject Headings (1975-1990)
.................	Canadian Thesaurus of Construction Science and Technology (1978)
.................	Worcester Art Museum Library, List of subject headings, unpub. (1976)
.................	Avery Index (1963-)
.................	AATA database (1995-) 121891 checked 26 January 2012
.................	Nomenclature 3.0 for Museum Cataloging (2010)
church(building)............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
church architecture............	[VP]
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-)
.................	Worcester Art Museum Library, List of subject headings, unpub. (1976)
.................	Avery Index (1963-)
.................	LC Subject Authority Headings [online] (2002-) sh 85025567, as separate heading from "church buildings"
church buildings............	[VP]
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-) new heading, bulletin 68, spring 1995
.................	LC Subject Authority Headings [online] (2002-) sh 85025854
kirks(buildings)............	[VP]
.................	Harris, Historic Architecture Sourcebook (1977)
.................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)
kirkes............	[VP]
.................	Harris, Historic Architecture Sourcebook (1977)
kurks............	[VP]
.................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)
chirche............	[VP]
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
chiriche............	[VP]
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
churche............	[VP]
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
chureche............	[VP]
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
circe............	[VP]
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
cirice............	[VP]
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
kirrke............	[VP]
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
kerken............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
kerk............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
kerkgebouwen............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
iglesias............	[CDBP-DIBAM]
.................	Comité, Plural del término en singular
iglesia............	[CDBP-DIBAM]
.................	Ching, Diccionario Visual de Arquitectura (1997)
.................	The Oxford- Duden Pictorial Spanish and English Dictionary (1995)
Subject:............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-) precoor.; Churches, Mormon; Churches, Quaker; former heading; Churches, Baptist; new heading, bulletin 68, spring 1995; Anglican church buildings; Baptist church buildings; Catholic church buildings; Christian Science church buildings; Church facilities; Churches, Lutheran; Churches, reformed; Churches, Catholic; precoor,; Churches, Anglican; Churches, Mennonite; Churches, Methodist; Churches, Protestant; Churches, Presbyterian; Half-timbered churches; Congregational churches; Churches, Orthodox Eastern; Churches, Christian Science; Unitarian Universalist churches
.................	RIBA, Architectural Keywords (1982) precoor.; Churches: round; Churches: timber; Churches: Anglican; Churches: Adventist; Churches: Unitarian; Churches: Protestant; Churches: Universalist; Churches: Roman Catholic; Churches: Eastern, Orthodox; Churches: Latter-Day Saints; Churches: Christian Science; Churches: Jehovah's Witnesses; Churches: Protestant: Baptist; Churches: Protestant: Lutheran; Churches: Protestant: Reformed; Churches: Protestant: Mennonite; Churches: Protestant: Methodist; Churches: Protestant: Presbyterian; Churches: Protestant: Congregational; Churches: Protestant: Church of Christ
.................	RILA, Subject Headings (1975-1990) precoor.; Coptic churches; Rococo churches; Gothic churches; Norman churches; Nubian churches; Baroque churches; Lombard churches; Armenian churches; Medieval churches; Crusader churches; Ottonian churches; Victorian churches; Mozarabic churches; Byzantine churches; Romanesque churches; Visigothic churches; Anglo-Saxon churches; Carolingian churches; Renaissance churches; Merovingian churches; Hiberno-Saxon churches; Early Christian churches; Georgian (Transcaucasia) churches
.................	Avery Index (1963-) precoor.; Churches--Round; Churches--Wooden; Churches--Octagonal; Half-timbered churches
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules vestry records
.................	AATA database (1995-) 121891 checked 26 January 2012
.................	Bureau AAT, RKD

Getty AAT: 300007466 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300007466
聯合目錄： 教堂 、chiao t'ang 、jiāo táng 、jiao tang 、churches 、church 、church architecture 、church buildings 、kirks 、kirkes 、kurks 、chirche 、chiriche 、churche 、chureche 、circe 、cirice 、kirrke 、kerken 、kerk 、kerkgebouwen 、iglesias 、iglesia