Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

churchlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: church-like
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or befitting a church or a worship service.

Example Sentences

"The new part, containing the schoolroom and dormitory, was lit by mullioned and latticed windows, which gave it a church-like aspect […]"
"The court was filled. Some people even stood behind the churchlike benches in the rear."
"There are churchlike or synagoguelike chapels and leaders who deliver Sunday sermons, perform pastoral duties, and conduct "services," though without prayer to a deity."
"This is […] a break with the practice at American diamond stores, where shopping for engagement rings is a solemnized and somewhat stressfully churchlike experience of awe and trembling before the altar of massive debt."

Etymology

From church + -like. Compare Scots kirklyk, kirklike (“ecclesiastical”).

Inflected Forms

more churchlike (comparative) most churchlike (superlative)

Derived Forms

unchurchlike

Synonyms

churchical churchly churchy ecclesiastical churchish churchlike ecclesial ecclesiastic

Questions

What does churchlike mean?: Resembling or befitting a church or a worship service.
Where does churchlike come from?: From church + -like. Compare Scots kirklyk, kirklike (“ecclesiastical”).

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