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- church·ly (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).
1. : 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.
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.
noun churchly Pertaining to or relating to the church, its government, forms, or ceremonies; ecclesiastical. 1 adjective churchly Devoted to, or inclined to attach great importance to, the order and ritual of a particular section of the Christian church.
Define churchly. churchly synonyms, churchly pronunciation, churchly translation, English dictionary definition of churchly. adj. 1. Of or relating to a church. 2. Appropriate for or suggestive of a church: "aspires to the pure fragrance of churchly incense" . church′li·ness n....
