Glossary Term
Risk: Medium- Approved rendering
- Gereja
- Transliteration
- geh-REH-jah
- Rejected alternatives
- jemaah (a term also used broadly for a mosque congregation or generic religious assembly)
Church
Gereja (from early Portuguese colonial contact, ‘igreja’) is an established, unambiguous Malay word for the Christian church specifically, distinct from masjid (mosque) and the more religiously generic jemaah.
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