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churchly, a.|ˈtʃɜːtʃlɪ|
[in OE. ciriclíc, cf. Ger. kirchlich; in 16th c. re-formed on church n. + -ly1.]
Of, pertaining to, or befitting the or a church; ecclesiastical.
O.E. Chron. an. 716 Þat hie Eastron on ryht heoldon, and þa ciriclecan scare. c890K. ælfred Bæda v. xxiv. (Bosw.), Ðæt cyriclice stær ures ealondes and þeode ic wrat on fif bec. c1000Wanley's Catal. 118/2 (Bosw.) Mid circlicum þenungum. 1565Harding in Jewel Def. Apol. (1611) 119 Hee was not lawfully made Priest, nor with Churchly laying on of hands consecrated. a1600in Reader 23 June (1866) 601 Ony boke belle or lyght or any other churchly ornamentes. 1714Gay Proeme to Sheph. Week (1784) 124 Diverse grave points also hath he handled of Churchly matter. 1873Browning Red Cotton Night-Cap Country 748 Munificence To Church and all things churchly. 1885Sat. Rev. 3 Oct. 459 We could wish such ugly barbarisms or neologisms as ‘churchly’..had been eschewed. |