adj
Meaning 1
Piously Christian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, derogatory, mildly
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
churchy
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɜːtʃi/
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)tʃi
adj
Meaning 2
Resembling a church.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Your house looks kind of churchy.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: churchish, churchlike
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Reminiscent of a church service.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The party had a churchy atmosphere.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: churchlike, churchly, ecclesial, churchical, churchish, churchy, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
one who is piously Christian
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: mildly, pejorative
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English church Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English churchy From church + -y.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: kirkollinen — piously Christian
- French: calotin — piously Christian
- Greek: θρησκόληπτος (thriskóliptos) — piously Christian
- Hungarian: bigott — piously Christian
- Hungarian: vakbuzgó — piously Christian
- Hungarian: klerikális — piously Christian
- Finnish: kirkkomainen — resembling a church
- Finnish: harras — reminiscent of a church service
- Finnish: uskovainen — one who is piously Christian
- French: calotin — one who is piously Christian
- French: bigot — one who is piously Christian