Definition of Church key

1. Noun. Can opener that has a triangular pointed end that pierces the tops of cans.

Generic synonyms: Can Opener, Tin Opener

Definition of Church key

1. Noun. A can opener having a triangular tip that pierces the can. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Church Key

church-goer
church-goers
church-going
church-state
church-yard
church affiliation
church bell
church bench
church building
church calendar
church crawler
church crawlers
church doctrine
church festival
church hat
church key (current term)
church keys
church member
church mode
church mouse
church music
church officer
church planter
church planters
church planting
church property
church roll
church school
church service
church services

Literary usage of Church key

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1860)
"Having now stated all we know of the present subject, we would rather leave the church key as we find it, and hear what our correspondents may have to say, ..."

2. The Principal Ecclesiastical Judgments Delivered in the Court of Arches 1867 by Sir Robert Phillimore (1876)
"Sacraments of the Church . Key to the Prayer Book . Key to Holy Bible . . • Reformation of the Church ....... ,. -- Key to Church History (Ancient) . ..."

3. The Anglo-Saxon Home: A History of the Domestic Institutions and Customs of by John Thrupp (1862)
"... he stole the church key, locked up the church, and, ascending a height which overlooked a deep place in the Tweed, threw the key into it. ..."

4. Journal of the ... Annual Convention, Diocese of Florida by Convention, Council, Episcopal Church, Diocese of Florida (1880)
"HBS MARTIN, Missionary in Volusia County. The Rev. CS WILLIAMS, Missionary in Putnam County. The Rev. JUAN B. BAEZ, Rector of St. John's Church, Key West. ..."

5. The Domestic World: A Practical Guide in All the Daily Difficulties of the by Robert Kemp Philp (1872)
"Respecting the substitution of the church key for the wedding-ring, we know some one who was assured by an aged inhabitant of a rural parish not a hundred ..."

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