Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

five churches

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

Syllables: five church-es
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Let us hear the account given by Andrew Dudithius [Andreas Dudith], Bishop of Five Churches, in his letter to the Emperor Maximilian, of the Council of Trent."

Etymology

Calque of German Fünfkirchen or directly of Latin Quīnqueecclēsiae.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

Five-Churches (alternative)

Questions

What does five churches mean?: Pécs.
Where does five churches come from?: Calque of German Fünfkirchen or directly of Latin Quīnqueecclēsiae.

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