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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).

church′li·ness n.

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churchly

(ˈtʃɜːtʃlɪ)

adj

appropriate to, associated with, or suggestive of church life and customs

ˈchurchliness n

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Adj.

churchly - resembling or suggesting or appropriate to a church; "churchlike silence"; "the pure fragrance of churchly incense"

religious - having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity; "a religious man"; "religious attitude"

churchly

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Of or relating to a church or to an established religion:

church, ecclesiastical, religious, spiritual.

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She might have elaborated on the use of Romanesque for synagogues, on the Continent and in America, and the strain of Jewish thought that perceived Romanesque as a useful alternative to the too churchly Gothic.

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