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churchify

churchify verb: to make churchy; to make more religious, or bring under the control or influence of the church.

Verb

churchify (third-person singular simple present churchifies, present participle churchifying, simple past and past participle churchified)

  1. (colloquial, transitive) To make churchy; to make more religious, or bring under the control or influence of the church.

Forms of churchify

third-person singular presentchurchifies
present participlechurchifying
past participlechurchified
pastchurchified

Origin of churchify

From church + -ify.

Questions about churchify

What does churchify mean?
Churchify means to make churchy; to make more religious, or bring under the control or influence of the church.
What part of speech is churchify?
Churchify is a verb.
What is the past tense of churchify?
The past tense of churchify is churchified.

Words near churchify in the dictionary

  1. churchies
  2. churchiest
  3. churchification
  4. churchified
  5. churchifies
  6. churchify
  7. churchifying
  8. Churchill
  9. Churchill and Blakedown
  10. Churchill County
  11. Churchill Falls

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