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Borrowed from Old East Slavicбожьница(božĭnica, “church, capel”), probably specifically from the dialectal form бозьница(bozĭnica) (compare Proto-Slavic*božьnica, Belarusianбажніца(bažnica, “shelf with icons; house of prayer”), ultimately from Proto-Slavic*bogъ(“god”) or *božьnъ(“divine”). The first vowel a (< *o) suggests that the borrowing occurred at some point in the 13th century, although the term itself is first mentioned only in the 16th century (as baznedce and baznice; the modern form baznīca is first attested in 17th-century sources).[1]
es skatījos baznīcas baltajā tornī ― I looked at the white church tower
netālajā Annas baznīcā sāka dūkt ērģeles... lauku draudze dziedāja beigu dziesmu ― in the nearby Anna church the organs began to play... the local congregation began to sing the last song
