churchly

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /t͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ.li/    美 /t͡ʃɝt͡ʃ.li/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Pertaining to or relating to the church, its government, forms, or ceremonies; ecclesiastical.
    — [...] upon getting their hearts right in the sight of God, confident, meanwhile, that then all churchly things would not only be conserved, but gathered into right form.
  2. Devoted to, or inclined to attach great importance to, the order and ritual of a particular section of the Christian church.
    — And in the Smiths of Stratford, in Suffolk, of whom we would now discourse, a middle class family of no great opulence, we have signs of the churchly instinct passing down from generation to generation, [...]
  3. In accordance with ecclesiastical standards or ceremonies; appropriate for or befitting a church.
    — churchly music
  4. Characteristic of a church; churchy.

词形变化

churchlier comparative churchliest superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
anti-churchly churchliness nonchurchly unchurchly

词源

From Middle English *chirchely, *chirchelich, from Old English ċiriclīċ (“ecclesiastical”), equivalent to church + -ly. Cognate with Scots kirkly (“ecclesiastical”), Dutch kerkelijk (“ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical”), German kirchlich (“ecclesiastical, religious, ecclesiastic”), Swedish kyrklig (“ecclesiastical”). Compare also churchlike.
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