churchman

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Scrabble points
21
Words With Friends
24
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃmən/ (UK)

Definition of churchman

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (obsolete)A churchwarden.
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noun

  1. (obsolete)A churchwarden.
  2. A person (originally a man) of authority in a Christian religious organization (a church).
    “The bishop, a highly placed churchman, stated the religion's opinion.”
  3. A member or adherent of an established church, especially the Church of England.
    “I replied, ‘I attended St. James's, St. Martin's, and St. Ann's, Soho;’—‘So,’ said he, ‘you are a churchman.’”
    “Thus they say the king of Great Britain, must maintain episcopacy in England, and presbyterianism in Scotland, whether he be a presbyterian as king William, a Lutheran as George I. or a true churchman as his present Majesty.”
    “It was a brave sight on a Sunday morning to see those old Tottenhamites—each with his comfortable lady-wife on his arm—proceeding in their stiff Sunday best to the morning service; pitying the Quaker friends they met on their way for their incomplete and unenlightened faith—the Quakers, of course, pitying the Churchmen for theirs.”
  4. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of churchman.

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

From church + man. Compare kirkman and German Kirchmann.

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