churchquake
/ˈtʃəːtʃkweɪk/noun
A major disturbance or upheaval within the Christian Church, or within a particular denomination or branch of it.
- Chiefly in extended metaphors..
Origin
Mid 17th century. From church + quake, after earthquake.
- demonstratorship
- demonstratory
- de Montespan, Marquise
- de Montfort, Simon
- demonym
- demonymic
- demophile
- demophilism
- demoralise
- demoralised
- demoralization
- demoralize
- demoralized
- demoralizer
- demoralizing
- demoralizingly
- De Morgan
- De Morgan's laws
- demos
- demosponge
- Demosthenean
- Demosthenes
- Demosthenian
- Demosthenic
- demot