"churchy" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈtʃɜːtʃi/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-churchy.wav Forms: churchier [comparative], churchiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tʃi Etymology: From church + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|church|y}} church + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|churchier}} churchy (comparative churchier, superlative churchiest)
  1. (colloquial, mildly derogatory) Piously Christian. Tags: colloquial, derogatory, mildly Translations (piously Christian): kirkollinen (Finnish), calotin [masculine] (French), θρησκόληπτος (thriskóliptos) (Greek), bigott (Hungarian), vakbuzgó (Hungarian), klerikális (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-churchy-en-adj-K768Rw5g Disambiguation of 'piously Christian': 98 0 2
  2. Resembling a church. Categories (topical): Religion Translations (resembling a church): kirkkomainen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-churchy-en-adj-yqYbegLf Disambiguation of Religion: 0 63 37 0 Disambiguation of 'resembling a church': 0 90 10
  3. Reminiscent of a church service. Translations (reminiscent of a church service): harras (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-churchy-en-adj-QAMH6Jkk Disambiguation of 'reminiscent of a church service': 2 5 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: churchily, churchiness

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtʃɜːtʃi/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-churchy.wav Forms: churchies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tʃi Etymology: From church + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|church|y}} church + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} churchy (plural churchies)
  1. (mildly pejorative) one who is piously Christian Tags: mildly, pejorative Translations (one who is piously Christian): uskovainen (Finnish), calotin [masculine] (French), bigot [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-churchy-en-noun-6vruswgX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 7 26 39 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 13 0 14 74 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 0 13 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 0 13 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 0 8 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 4 11 71 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 7 0 8 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 9 0 10 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 12 3 13 71

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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