Churchdom

Quick meaning: Churchdom is a noun meaning The institution, government, or authority of a church.

Meaning

The institution, government, or authority of a church.

Example Sentences

Whatsoever Church pretendeth to a new beginning, pretendeth at the same time to a new Churchdome, and whatsoever is so new is none.

When a preacher knows that, if he should be turned from his church to-morrow, there are other paying fields of activity for him, he is not going to bow before any of the petty or the strong bosses of churchdom.

Like Malaysia, the work of individual evangelists who largely became active without having institutional ties to any missionary or ecclesiastical organization was instrumental for the emergence of indigenous churchdoms in the Netherlands Indies.

Word Forms

• churchdoms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include churchship, churchman, chapellany, chapter, officiality, spiritualty.

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