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churchhouse

churchhouse noun: a Quaker building used as a church and meeting-place.

Noun

churchhouse (plural churchhouses)

  1. A Quaker building used as a church and meeting-place.
    • As a result, compassion is left at the churchhouse door, and the truly needy must look elsewhere for help.2007 November 1, “Missing Compassion”, in New York Times

Forms of churchhouse

pluralchurchhouses

Origin of churchhouse

From church + house.

Questions about churchhouse

What does churchhouse mean?
Churchhouse means a Quaker building used as a church and meeting-place.
What part of speech is churchhouse?
Churchhouse is a noun.
What is the plural of churchhouse?
The plural of churchhouse is churchhouses.

Words near churchhouse in the dictionary

  1. churchgoer
  2. churchgoers
  3. churchgoing
  4. churchgoings
  5. Churchhill
  6. churchhouse
  7. churchhouses
  8. Churchian
  9. Churchianity
  10. Churchians
  11. churchical

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