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churchmen

churchmen is the plural of churchman.

Meaning of churchman

Noun

churchman (plural churchmen)

  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.’1789, Olaudah Equiano, chapter 10, in The Interesting Narrative, volume I

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Noun capitalized: Churchmen

Churchmen

  1. (plural) plural of Churchman

Phrases with churchmen

Questions about churchmen

What is churchmen the plural of?
Churchmen is the plural of churchman.
What part of speech is churchmen?
Churchmen is a noun.

Words near churchmen in the dictionary

  1. churchmanships
  2. churchmaster
  3. churchmasters
  4. churchmate
  5. churchmates
  6. churchmen
  7. churchmice
  8. churchmouse
  9. churchpeople
  10. churchperson
  11. churchpersons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: churchmen (page history and authors); Churchmen (page history and authors); churchman (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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