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ˈchurchmanship
[See -ship.]
The position, quality, or action of a churchman.
c1680in Somers Tracts I. 265 It is well for the Church, that she needs not apprehend any Retrospect into her Behaviour; since, as Times go with Churchmanship, etc. 1696Growth Deism 19 Your Churchmanship will not appear by any Mark so well, as by the Hatred you bear to all Dissenters. 1852Newland Lect. Tractar. 13 Decisive proof of general advance in Churchmanship. 1872Spectator 7 Sept. 1130 To teach the Bishop truer churchmanship, and the Duke nobler tactics. 1883American VII. 23 The essence of High Churchmanship. |