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It was music meant for the church, but the old folks of the 1930s and ’40s found it lacking sufficient churchliness.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2019

The Anglican Episcopal Church is equally distinguished by moderate and solid churchliness.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.

How the two can assimilate, I do not understand; and my misunderstanding is wofully augmented by the heroine's frequent expressions of churchliness, and the ruffian's equally frequent outbursts of waggish infidelity.

From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 by Newell, R. H. (Robert Henry)

Into the drawing room under the ten thousand dollar chandelier he moved a billiard table and the click of ivory balls banished the churchliness of the place.

From Marching Men by Anderson, Sherwood

While forms and ceremonies are retained, they play only a minor part in the expression of her churchliness.

From The Lutherans of New York Their Story and Their Problems by Wenner, George