[f. CHURCHY + -NESS.] ‘Churchy’ quality.

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1884.  Chr. World, 17 April, 281/2. The very air of the place … is redolent with ‘Churchiness.’

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1886.  Athenæum, 8 May, 614/1. There is [in the tale] a good deal of ‘Churchiness.’

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