a. and adv. [see -WISE.] After the manner of a church.
a. 1626. Bp. Andrewes, Serm. (1841), 14. Churchwise I say, for he doth it by a sermon.
1635. Brereton, Trav. (1844), 115. Built and framed church-wise.
1847. Bushnell, Chr. Nurt., iii. (1861), 74. A church-wise form.
