Glossary Term
Risk: Medium- Approved rendering
- Kilise
- Transliteration
- kee-lee-SEH
- Rejected alternatives
- cemaat (religious congregation/community, loaded in Turkish political usage)
Church
Kilise is the established, unambiguous Turkish word for the Christian church building and body. Cemaat is usable for ‘local gathering’ in some contexts but carries heavy contemporary political connotations in Turkish (religious movements/sects); prefer kilise for the body of Christ generally.
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