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unchurchly

unchurchly adjective: not churchly; unbefitting a church; impious, heretical, etc.

Adjective

unchurchly (comparative more unchurchly, superlative most unchurchly)

  1. Not churchly; unbefitting a church; impious, heretical, etc.

Forms of unchurchly

comparativemore unchurchly
superlativemost unchurchly

Origin of unchurchly

From un- + churchly.

Words formed from unchurchly

Questions about unchurchly

What does unchurchly mean?
Unchurchly means not churchly; unbefitting a church; impious, heretical, etc.
What part of speech is unchurchly?
Unchurchly is an adjective.

Words near unchurchly in the dictionary

  1. unchurched
  2. unchurches
  3. unchurching
  4. unchurchlike
  5. unchurchliness
  6. unchurchly
  7. unchurcht
  8. unchurlish
  9. unchurn
  10. unchurnable
  11. unchurned

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