Churchlike
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Churchlike is an adjective meaning Resembling or befitting a church or a worship service.
Meaning
Resembling or befitting a church or a worship service.
Example Sentences
The court was filled. Some people even stood behind the churchlike benches in the rear.
The new part, containing the schoolroom and dormitory, was lit by mullioned and latticed windows, which gave it a church-like aspect […]
There are churchlike or synagoguelike chapels and leaders who deliver Sunday sermons, perform pastoral duties, and conduct "services," though without prayer to a deity.
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.
Synonyms for churchlike
Depending on context, synonyms include churchical, churchly, churchy, ecclesiastical, churchish, ecclesial.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include churchly, religious, churchy, clergylike, religionlike, communionlike.
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