<h1>Church-haw</h1> <Xpage=255>
<hw>Church"-haw`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Church</ets> + <ets>haw</ets> a yard.]</ety> <def>Churchyard.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Chaucer.</i>
<h1>Churchism</h1> <Xpage=255>
<hw>Church"ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Strict adherence to the forms or principles of some church organization; sectarianism.</def>
<h1>Churchless</h1> <Xpage=255>
<hw>Church"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without a church.</def>
<i>T. Fuller.</i>
<h1>Churchlike</h1> <Xpage=255>
<hw>Church"like`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Befitting a church or a churchman; becoming to a clergyman.</def>
<i>Shak.</i>
<h1>Churchliness</h1> <Xpage=255>
<hw>Church"li*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Regard for the church.</def>
<h1>Churchly</h1> <Xpage=255>
<hw>Church"ly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or suitable for, the church; ecclesiastical.</def>
<h1>Churchman</h1> <Xpage=255>
<hw>Church"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Churchmen</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An ecclesiastic or clergyman.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>An Episcopalian, or a member of the Established Church of England.</def> "A zealous <i>churchman</i>."
<i>Macaulay.</i>
<p><b>3.</b> <def>One was is attached to, or attends, church.</def>
<h1>Churchmanly</h1> <Xpage=255>
<hw>Church"man*ly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or becoming, a churchman.</def>
<i>Milman.</i>
<h1>Churchmanship</h1> <Xpage=255>
<hw>Church"man*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being a churchman; attachment to the church.</def>
<h1>Church modes</h1> <Xpage=255>
<hw>Church" modes`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The modes or scales used in ancient church music. See <er>Gregorian</er>.</def>
<h1>Churchship</h1> <Xpage=255>
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