churchly

[ church-lee ]

/ ˈtʃɜrtʃ li /

of or appropriate for the church or a church; ecclesiastical: churchly vestments.

Origin of churchly

before 900; Old English ciriclīc, equivalent to cirice church + -līc -ly

church·li·ness, noun un·church·ly, adjective

It filled the churchly heart with anguish and bitter disappointment.

Day and Night Stories |Algernon Blackwood
He had forgotten that he once smoked a pipe as completely as he had forgotten the churchly domination of his home town.

A World Apart |Samuel Kimball Merwin
Swift wished for churchly preferment, but he had not the patience to wait.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 1 of 14 |Elbert Hubbard
Never in his life did he cease to thrill with an almost hysterical passion for churchly affairs and ceremonies.

The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 |Rupert Hughes

She lived in an old-fashioned part of an old city, and her family was churchly and conscientious.

The Gay Cockade |Temple Bailey

churchly

/ (ˈtʃɜːtʃlɪ) /

appropriate to, associated with, or suggestive of church life and customs

churchliness, noun