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Plural of churchman

irregular plural

The plural of churchman is churchmen.

Forms of churchman

Singularchurchman /ˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃmən/
Pluralchurchmen
Countablecountable

Churchmen in a sentence

  • Hence, Orthodox churchmen called it 'Bukvitsa,' a name derived from the East Slavic word for 'letter' (bukva).2008, T. Kamusella, The Politics of Language and Nationalism in Modern Central Europe, →ISBN. From the entry Bukvitsa
  • Crusaders were kings, lords, wretches, children, women, weaponsmen, churchmen, hermits, harlots, adventurers.1974, Lauran Paine, Saladin; a man for all ages, page 13. From the entry weaponsman
  • Nothing riled English high churchmen more than the phrase Protestant church.1966, Owen Chadwick, The Victorian Church, volume 1, page 174. From the entry high churchman
  • Only where churchmen congregated or rulers established their emporia—licensed depots for the long-distance trade in luxuries—did any vestiges of urban life survive.2007, John Darwin, After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400–2000, London; New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, published 2008…. From the entry emporium

Meaning of churchman

  1. noun A churchwarden.
  2. noun A person (originally a man) of authority in a Christian religious organization (a church).
  3. noun A member or adherent of an established church, especially the Church of England.

Full definition of churchman

Nouns ending in -man: plural -men

Questions about the plural of churchman

What is the plural of churchman?
The plural of churchman is churchmen.
Is churchman countable?
Churchman is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: churchman (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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