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churchy

English

Etymology

From church +? -y.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?t???t?i/
  • Rhymes: -??(r)t?i

Adjective

churchy (comparative churchier, superlative churchiest)

  1. (colloquial, mildly derogatory) Piously Christian.
    • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 90:
      I was staying with my mother's sister, a retired character actress with a churchy streak.
  2. Resembling a church.
  3. Reminiscent of a church service.

Translations

Noun

churchy (plural churchies)

  1. (mildly pejorative) one who is piously Christian

Translations

churchy From the web:



churchiness

English

Etymology

churchy +? -ness

Noun

churchiness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being churchy.

Synonyms

  • churchliness

churchiness From the web:

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