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Word Meanings - CHURCH-ALE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A church or parish festival (as in commemoration of the dedication of a church), at which much ale was used. Wright. Nares.

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  • CHURCHLINESS
    Regard for the church.
  • CHURCHLIKE
    Befitting a church or a churchman; becoming to a clergyman. Shak.
  • CHURCH
    AS. circe, cyrice; akin to D. kerk, Icel. kirkja, Sw. kyrka, Dan. kirke, G. kirche, OHG. chirihha; all fr. Gr. ç'd4ra hero, Zend. çura 1. A building set apart for Christian worship. 2. A Jewish or heathen temple. Acts xix. 37. 3. A formally
  • CHURCHYARD
    The ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried; a cemetery. Like graves in the holy churchyard. Shak. Syn. -- Burial place; burying ground; graveyard; necropolis; cemetery; God's acre.
  • CHURCH-BENCH
    A seat in the porch of a church. Shak.
  • COMMEMORATION
    1. The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration designed to honor the memory of some person or event. This sacrament was designed to be a standing commemoration of the death and passion of our Lord. Abp. Tillotson. The commonwealth which
  • WRIGHT
    One who is engaged in a mechanical or manufacturing business; an artificer; a workman; a manufacturer; a mechanic; esp., a worker in wood; -- now chiefly used in compounds, as in millwright, wheelwright, etc. He was a well good wright, a carpenter.
  • CHURCH MODES
    The modes or scales used in ancient church music. See Gregorian.
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • CHURCHSHIP
    State of being a church. South.
  • CHURCHMANLY
    Pertaining to, or becoming, a churchman. Milman.
  • NARES
    The nostrils or nasal openings, -- the anterior nares being the external or proper nostrils, and the posterior nares, the openings of the nasal cavities into the mouth or pharynx.
  • PARISHEN
    A parishioner. Chaucer.
  • DEDICATION
    1. The act of setting apart or consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as, the dedication of Solomon's temple. 2. A devoting or setting aside for any particular purpose; as, a
  • WHICH
    the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
  • CHURCHISM
    Strict adherence to the forms or principles of some church organization; sectarianism.
  • PARISH
    Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial; as, a parish church; parish records; a parish priest; maintained by the parish; as, parish poor. Dryden. Parish clerk. The clerk or recording officer of a parish. A layman who leads in the responses and
  • CHURCHGOER
    One who attends church.
  • CHURCHY
    Relating to a church; unduly fond of church forms.
  • CHURCHWARDEN
    1. One of the officers in an Episcopal church, whose duties vary in different dioceses, but always include the provision of what is necessary for the communion service. 2. A clay tobacco pipe, with a long tube. There was a small wooden table
  • CARTWRIGHT
    An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.
  • HIGH-CHURCHMAN
    One who holds high-church principles.
  • BROAD CHURCH
    A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respect to doctrine and fellowship, intermediate between the High Church party and the Low Church, or evangelical, party. The term has been applied
  • WAINWRIGHT
    See WAGONWRIGHT
  • LOW-CHURCHISM
    The principles of the low-church party.
  • HIGH-CHURCH
    Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the High Church, or their doctrines or policy. See High Church, under High, a.
  • EASTERN CHURCH
    That portion of the Christian church which prevails in the countries once comprised in the Eastern Roman Empire and the countries converted to Christianity by missionaries from them. Its full official title is The Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Eastern

 

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