churchy
adjective
adhering strictly to the prescribed form in ecclesiastical matters.
churchiness
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a word derived from
churchy.
Example Sentences
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If everything about that track—its disorienting beauty, its churchiness, its strange dolphin utopia—felt like blessed redemption through vocal deconstruction, DS2 is new-fashioned devil’s music, all existential dread and thrill.
From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2015
Mark did not suffer from "churchiness" during this period.
From The Altar Steps by Compton MacKenzie
Day was breaking, and in all the passion and churchiness of Gounod, the student calls for death, the echoes of human happiness rustling through the background like the scything sound of harvesting.
From Star-Dust by Fannie Hurst
