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nonchurch

nonchurch adjective: not of or pertaining to a church.

Adjective

nonchurch (not comparable)

  1. Not of or pertaining to a church.
    • a nonchurch college

Noun

nonchurch (plural nonchurches)

  1. A building or an organization that is not a church.

Forms of nonchurch

pluralnonchurches

Origin of nonchurch

From non- + church.

Words formed from nonchurch

  • Nonchurch Movement

Questions about nonchurch

What does nonchurch mean?
Nonchurch means not of or pertaining to a church.
What part of speech is nonchurch?
Nonchurch can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonchurch in the dictionary

  1. nonchronically
  2. nonchronological
  3. nonchronologically
  4. nonchronomedical
  5. nonchronometric
  6. nonchurch
  7. nonchurched
  8. nonchurches
  9. nonchurchgoer
  10. nonchurchgoers
  11. nonchurchgoing

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