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CHURCHLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does churchly mean?
• CHURCHLY (adjective)
The adjective CHURCHLY has 1 sense:
1. resembling or suggesting or appropriate to a church
Familiarity information: CHURCHLY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Comparative: churchlier
Superlative: churchliest
Superlative: churchliest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resembling or suggesting or appropriate to a church
Context example:
the pure fragrance of churchly incense
Similar:
religious (having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity)
Derivation:
church (a place for public (especially Christian) worship)
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