churchiten.1
/ˈtʃəːtʃʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈtʃərtʃˌaɪt/ Frequently somewhat depreciative.
A supporter of the Christian Church or its doctrine; spec. (in mid to late 19th cent. England) a supporter of the Anglican Church. Also more generally: a member of the Church; a churchgoer.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > religion > a religion or church > [noun] > membership in > person having
brotherOE
sisterOE
church memberc1475
churchman1612
religionist1651
churchwoman1681
Zioner1681
churchite1791
bredren1809
co-religionist1842
co-religionary1861
triumphalist1967
1791 E. Sayer Essays 153 Is any one their opponent, he is a Burkite, a Churchite, or any otherite.
1811 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) II. 352 Thus elementary instruction, like the offices of the state, will be confined, by a test, to the churchites.
1894 Half-way House i. i. 2 Was the thief on the cross a churchite when Jesus told him: ‘This day shall thou be with me in Paradise’?
1908 Tomorrow Mag. May 45 Carmichael express [sic] surprise that the churchites do not believe in evolution.
2006 Boise Guardian (Nexis) 27 July If you are a churchite, don't try to ‘cure’ the gays.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
churchiten.2
/ˈtʃəːtʃʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈtʃərtʃˌaɪt/ Mineralogy.
A rare mineral consisting of a hydrated phosphate of rare earth elements (chiefly yttrium; originally thought to be chiefly cerium), typically occurring as white needle-like crystals. In recent use also with following chemical symbol, as churchite-(Y).Chemical formula: YPO4·2H2O. Crystal system: monoclinic.
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turnerite1823
monazite1836
xenotime1844
cryptolite1846
churchite1865
urdite1868
rhabdophane1878
scovillite1883
rhabdophanite1892
florencite1899
1865 C. G. Williams in Chem. News 20 Oct. 183/1 This made me desirous of ascertaining whether the new and highly interesting mineral described by Professor Church in the Chemical News for September 15, 1865 (and for which I venture to propose the name of churchite), contained cerium only.
1921 E. S. Larsen Microsc. Determination Nonopaque Minerals 4 Optical orientation of tabular crystals of churchite.
1955 Mineral. Mag. 30 211 As will be shown below, churchite actually contains very little cerium, and is essentially a phosphate of yttrium with minor amounts of other rare-earths.
1994 Acta Crystallographica C. 50 1651/1 The gypsum-type structure of the title compound, weinschenkite [churchite-(Y)], is confirmed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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