Churchish

Quick meaning: Churchish is an adjective meaning Like a church; (solidly or piously) Christian.

Meaning

Like a church; (solidly or piously) Christian.

More Meanings

1. (comparative religion) Participating in the world at large; ecumenical, mainstream, non-insular.

Example Sentences

Two children, a boy and a girl in naught but their shirts and barefoot, walked behind the churchish crowd and watched with studious intent the behaviour of their children,[…]

Simplistically put, churchish British national revivals compare to semi-churchish Australian revivals, to semi-churchish regional Canadian revivals, and un-churchish American national revivals.

Characters drift against a churchish background; the central women like the novel do not possess Pym's usual exuberance and irony. Cooley analyzes a passage to show how Pym here subordinates comedy to realism.

He does not embrace with the same churchish charity all of the poor, white as well as black, as Dr. King docs in demanding a "Bill of Rights for the Disadvantaged" — a federal government effort to compensate for deprivation and discrimination.

Synonyms for churchish

Depending on context, synonyms include churchical, churchlike, churchy, churchly, ecclesial, ecclesiastic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include circleish, cristated, cristal, credal, choric, choicy.

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