churchly
Origin of churchly
1Other words from churchly
- church·li·ness, noun
- un·church·ly, adjective
Words Nearby churchly
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How to use churchly in a sentence
It has a very churchly look, and if the steeple were at the other end, it would be equally orthodox.
Our Churches and Chapels | AtticusAnother churchly memory at Aoste is a tablet inscribed with the particulars of the flight of Calvin from his refuge here in 1541.
Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car | Francis MiltounBetween his attendance to churchly duties and that of the Honorable Heman Atkins there was a great gulf fixed.
Cy Whittaker's Place | Joseph C. LincolnAnd this, mark you, though I was still unshriven, and he had never named the churchly rite to me.
The Master of Appleby | Francis LyndeShe lived in an old-fashioned part of an old city, and her family was churchly and conscientious.
The Gay Cockade | Temple Bailey
British Dictionary definitions for churchly
/ (ˈtʃɜːtʃlɪ) /
appropriate to, associated with, or suggestive of church life and customs
Derived forms of churchly
- churchliness, noun
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