churchy

English

Etymology

From church +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɜːtʃi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tʃi

Adjective

churchy (comparative churchier, superlative churchiest)

1. (colloquial, mildly derogatory) Piously Christian.
   • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 90:

     I was staying with my mother's sister, a retired character actress with a churchy streak.

2. Resembling a church.

   Your house looks kind of churchy.

3. Reminiscent of a church service.

   The party had a churchy atmosphere.

Derived terms

• churchily
• churchiness

Translations

piously Christian

• Finnish: kirkollinen (fi)
• French: calotin (fr) m
• Greek: θρησκόληπτος (el) (thriskóliptos)
• Hungarian: bigott (hu), vakbuzgó (hu), klerikális (hu)

resembling a church

• Finnish: kirkkomainen

reminiscent of a church service

• Finnish: harras (fi)

Noun

churchy (plural churchies)

1. (mildly pejorative) one who is piously Christian

Translations

one who is piously Christian

• Finnish: uskovainen (fi)
• French: calotin (fr) m, bigot (fr) m