Churchal
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Of or relating to a church.
"A few, more churchal, trembled, fearful that the devil was playing his tricks upon them; […] When we had inspected each other,—he with a sort of careless sociability, we with a coy and very churchal questioning,—he said, when alone, to test the heart-blending, “Bro. Barrett, I see your inner life and struggles, the drift of your love, and impending fate as a Universalist minister.[…]” […] In the mean while, the prime actors, noticing the great meeting in the churchal and spiritual presses, received responsive letters from eminent divines of the Unitarian sect,—such as David Wasson, Drs. Ellis, Livermore, Clarke, Bellows, E. C. Towne; […] Next to him come the moolahs and muftis, corresponding to churchal bishops, and then the ulemas, who are their priests."
Example
More examples"A few, more churchal, trembled, fearful that the devil was playing his tricks upon them; […] When we had inspected each other,—he with a sort of careless sociability, we with a coy and very churchal questioning,—he said, when alone, to test the heart-blending, “Bro. Barrett, I see your inner life and struggles, the drift of your love, and impending fate as a Universalist minister.[…]” […] In the mean while, the prime actors, noticing the great meeting in the churchal and spiritual presses, received responsive letters from eminent divines of the Unitarian sect,—such as David Wasson, Drs. Ellis, Livermore, Clarke, Bellows, E. C. Towne; […] Next to him come the moolahs and muftis, corresponding to churchal bishops, and then the ulemas, who are their priests."
Etymology
From church + -al.
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