churchish — ozdic

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ADJ.

against, all, behind, central, same, watched

VERB + CHURCHISH

drift, walked

CHURCHISH + NOUN

background, charity

PREP.

with

Definitions

adj

1

Like a church; (solidly or piously) Christian.

He does not embrace with the same churchish charity all of the poor, white as well as black, as Dr. King docs in demanding a "Bill of Rights for the Disadvantaged" — a federal government effort to compensate for deprivation and discrimination.

Two children, a boy and a girl in naught but their shirts and barefoot, walked behind the churchish crowd and watched with studious intent the behaviour of their children,[…]

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He does not embrace with the same churchish charity all of the poor, white as well as black, as Dr. King docs in demanding a "Bill of Rights for the Disadvantaged" — a federal government effort to com

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Two children, a boy and a girl in naught but their shirts and barefoot, walked behind the churchish crowd and watched with studious intent the behaviour of their children,[…]

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03

Characters drift against a churchish background; the central women like the novel do not possess Pym's usual exuberance and irony. Cooley analyzes a passage to show how Pym here subordinates comedy to

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In some senses, churchish is marked as rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.