- Of or relating to a church.
- Appropriate for or suggestive of a church: "aspires to the pure fragrance of churchly incense" (Martin Bernheimer).
Dictionary:
church·ly (chûrch'lē) ![]() |
| Thesaurus: churchly |
adjective
| WordNet: churchly |
The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
resembling or suggesting or appropriate to a church
Synonym: churchlike
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