/ Dictionary / Index C church rate: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: church' rate" Pronunciation: [key] — Eccles. Eccles. (formerly in England and Ireland) a compulsory assessment imposed on the parishioners' holdings of houses or land in order to repair the parish church and maintain its services. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. Church of the New Jerusalem church register Related Content Daily Word Quiz: perspicacious Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language