Part 1916

<hw>Church"ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State of being a church.</def>

<i>South.</i>

<h1>Churchwarden</h1> <Xpage=255>

<hw>Church"ward`en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One of the officers (usually two) in an Episcopal church, whose duties vary in different dioceses, but always include the provision of what is necessary for the communion service.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A clay tobacco pipe, with a long tube.</def> <mark>[Slang, Eng.]</mark>

<blockquote>There was a small wooden table placed in front of the smoldering fire, with decanters, a jar of tobacco, and two long <b>churchwardens</b>. <i>W. Black.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Churchwardenship</h1> <Xpage=255>

<hw>Church"ward`en*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The office of a churchwarden.</def>

<h1>Churchy</h1> <Xpage=255>

<hw>Church"y</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to a church; unduly fond of church forms.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Churchyard</h1> <Xpage=255>

<hw>Church"yard`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried; a cemetery.</def>

<blockquote>Like graves in the holy <b>churchyard</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Burial place; burying ground; graveyard; necropolis; cemetery; God's acre.</syn>

<h1>Churl</h1> <Xpage=255>

<hw>Churl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>ceorl</ets> a freeman of the lowest rank, man, husband; akin to D. <ets>karel</ets>, <ets>kerel</ets>, G. <ets>kerl</ets>, Dan. & Sw. <ets>karl</ets>, Icel. <ets>karl</ets>, and to the E. proper name <ets>Charles</ets> (orig., <ets>man</ets>, <ets>male</ets>), and perh. to Skr. <ets>j\'bera</ets> lover. Cf. <er>Carl</er>, <er>Charles's Wain</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A rustic; a countryman or laborer.</def> "A peasant or <i>churl</i>."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<blockquote>Your rank is all reversed; let men of cloth Bow to the stalwart <b>churls</b> in overalls. <i>Emerson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A rough, surly, ill-bred man; a boor.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>churl's</b> courtesy rarely comes, but either for gain or falsehood. <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard.</def>

<blockquote>Like to some rich <b>churl</b> hoarding up his pelf. <i>Drayton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Churl</h1> <Xpage=255>

<hw>Churl</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Churlish; rough; selfish.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Ford.</i>

<h1>Churlish</h1> <Xpage=255>

<hw>Churl"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly; illiberal; niggardly.</def> "<i>Churlish</i> benefits."

<i>Ld. Burleigh.</i>