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- : of or relating to a church churchly authority 2 : suitable to or suggestive of a church a churchly setting 3 : adhering to a church a churchly community
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adjective. church· ly ˈchərch-lē. Synonyms of churchly. 1. : of or relating to a church. churchly authority. 2. : suitable to or suggestive of a church. a churchly setting.
Synonyms for CHURCHLY: ecclesiastical, ecclesiastic, religious, papal, ecclesial, evangelical, episcopal, evangelic; Antonyms of CHURCHLY: secular, temporal, lay, profane, nonchurch, nonecclesiastical, nonsectarian, nondenominational.
Definitions of churchly. adjective. resembling or suggesting or appropriate to a church. “the pure fragrance of churchly incense”. synonyms: religious. having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity.
What does the adjective churchly mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective churchly . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
churchly. Appropriate to, associated with, or suggestive of church life and customs.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
churchly. (adjective) in the sense of ecclesiastical. Synonyms. ecclesiastical. They refused to acknowledge the ecclesiastical supremacy of the monarch. clerical. religious. church. spiritual.
(chûrch′lē) adj. 1. Of or relating to a church. 2. Appropriate for or suggestive of a church: "aspires to the pure fragrance of churchly incense" (Martin Bernheimer). church′li·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
