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单词 churchliness
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churchlinessn.

Brit. /ˈtʃəːtʃlɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈtʃərtʃlinᵻs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: churchly adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < churchly adj. + -ness suffix.
Adherence to the Christian Church, or to an established church; attention to details of Church practice or doctrine.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > religion > a religion or church > [noun] > condition
ecclesiasticalness1659
churchliness1851
ecclesiasticism1862
churchiness1863
1851 W. Hazlitt tr. ‘Talvi’ Hist. Colonization Amer. II. xviii. 73 She principally maintained her overpowering influence by the decided churchliness of individuals who wielded this law.
1887 Cent. Mag. Dec. 262 It might prove a great gain to American Episcopacy to be re-enforced with Presbyterian orthodoxy and churchliness.
1935 Church Hist. 4 233 The account..is marked by robust Protestant conviction. It emphasizes usefully the essential churchliness of Protestantism.
1975 E. M. Fevold in E. C. Nelson Lutherans in N. Amer. (1980) xv. 335 A growing concern for churchliness, church order, and ministerial education developed in the group.
1994 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) (Nexis) 23 July e1 This movement tries to repackage the gospel to make it more palatable to those put off by traditional churchliness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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