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Definition of Churchlike
1. a. Befitting a church or a churchman; becoming to a clergyman.
Definition of Churchlike
1. Adjective. Resembling or befitting a church or a worship service ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Churchlike
Literary usage of Churchlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Specifications for Practical Architecture: Preceded by an Essay on the by Alfred Bartholomew (1840)
"The new church of St. Mark, at Clerkenwell, which is covered with a flat ceiling
without ascending with a Christian, churchlike, clear-story, cost more than ..."
2. The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane (1900)
"The blue lines shifted and changed a trifle and stared expectantly at the silent
woods and fields before them. The hush was solemn and churchlike, ..."
3. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone by John Morley (1911)
"But there can be no real comparison in magnificence, and St. Peter's is the more
churchlike of the two. The exterior of St. Paul's [beyond the walls] is ..."
4. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone by John M. Morley (1903)
"But there can be no real comparison in 1866 magnificence, and St. Peter's is the
more churchlike of the two. The exterior of St. Paul's [beyond the walls] ..."
5. Theatre Arts by Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit (1921)
"... development of the purely constructive stage and the oratory platform to a
new type of churchlike theatre with reflecting domes, beautiful materials, ..."
6. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1822)
"/rom its freshening shadowing palm ; The nations crowd beneath its branching rain
High spring« the churchlike some fount- shade, Of its green leaves are ..."
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