ˈchurchmanly,a. Of or befitting a churchman; ecclesiastical. 1841Jul. Hare in Memor. Quiet Life III. 237 As a body they [Evangelicals] are generally deficient in churchmanly feeling.1855Milman Lat.Chr. (1864) IX. xiv. i. 33 Rose from their ranks to the height of Churchmanly dignity.