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churchly

UK/t͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ.li/ US/t͡ʃɝt͡ʃ.li/ uncommon

adjective

1.

resembling or suggesting or appropriate to a church

  • “churchlike silence”
  • “the pure fragrance of churchly incense”
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Origin

From Middle English *chirchely, *chirchelich, from Old English ċiriclīċ (“ecclesiastical”), equivalent to church + -ly. Cognate with Scots kirkly (“ecclesiastical”), Dutch kerkelijk (“ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical”), German kirchlich (“ecclesiastical, religious, ecclesiastic”), Swedish kyrklig (“ecclesiastical”). Compare also churchlike.

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