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Webster 1913 Edition


Churchlike

Church′likeˊ

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Adj.
Befitting a church or a churchman; becoming to a clergyman.
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Webster 1828 Edition


Churchlike

CHURCHLIKE

,
Adj.
Becoming the church.

Definition 2024


churchlike

churchlike

English

Adjective

churchlike (comparative more churchlike, superlative most churchlike)

  1. Resembling or befitting a church or a worship service
    • 2009 January 29, Cintra Wilson, “These Jewels Look Smaller in France”, in New York Times:
      This is [] a break with the practice at American diamond stores, where shopping for engagement rings is a solemnized and somewhat stressfully churchlike experience of awe and trembling before the altar of massive debt.