Word Meanings - CHURCHLESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Without a church. T. Fuller.
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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. - CHURCH MODES
The modes or scales used in ancient church music. See Gregorian. - WITHOUT-DOOR
Outdoor; exterior. "Her without-door form." Shak. - CHURCHSHIP
State of being a church. South. - WITHOUTFORTH
Without; outside' outwardly. Cf. Withinforth. Chaucer. - CHURCHMANLY
Pertaining to, or becoming, a churchman. Milman. - CHURCHISM
Strict adherence to the forms or principles of some church organization; sectarianism. - CHURCHGOER
One who attends church. - CHURCHY
Relating to a church; unduly fond of church forms. - WITHOUTEN
Without. Chaucer. - 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 - CHURCH-HAW
Churchyard. Chaucer. - FULLERY
The place or the works where the fulling of cloth is carried on. - CHURCH-ALE
A church or parish festival (as in commemoration of the dedication of a church), at which much ale was used. Wright. Nares. - CHURCHLY
Pertaining to, or suitable for, the church; ecclesiastical. - CHURCHGOING
1. Habitually attending church. 2. Summoning to church. The sound of the churchgoing bell. Cowper. - FULLER
One whose occupation is to full cloth. Fuller's earth, a variety of clay, used in scouring and cleansing cloth, to imbibe grease. -- Fuller's herb , the soapwort , formerly used to remove stains from cloth. -- Fuller's thistle or weed - 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 - 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 - CHOPCHURCH
An exchanger or an exchange of benefices. - HIGH-CHURCHISM
The principles of the high-church party. - COPTIC CHURCH
The native church of Egypt or church of Alexandria, which in general organization and doctrines resembles the Roman Catholic Church, except that it holds to the Monophysitic doctrine which was condemned by the council of Chalcedon, and allows