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- noun The quality of being
churchy .
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Examples
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I was wrong to use the word "churchiness" to describe the notion of "bad faith."
Steve Janke and dead, sodomized hookers? Hey, I'm just sayin'. CC 2008
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I know you will acquit me of any desire to defend extreme "churchiness," and I have no doubt you will remember one or two occasions in the past when I was rather afraid that you were tending that way yourself.
The Altar Steps Compton MacKenzie 1927
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Mark did not suffer from "churchiness" during this period.
The Altar Steps Compton MacKenzie 1927
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Perhaps the Rector was afraid that Mark in his ambition to avoid "churchiness" was inclining toward the opposite extreme; or perhaps, charitable and saintly man though he was, he felt a pang of jealousy at Mark's unbounded admiration of his new friend; or perhaps it was merely that the east wind was blowing more sharply than usual that morning over the wold into the Rectory garden.
The Altar Steps Compton MacKenzie 1927
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This is another denunciation of ostentatious "churchiness" and
Mystic Christianity William Walker Atkinson 1897
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"churchiness," including a belief in several thousand different kind of hells.
Reincarnation and the Law of Karma A Study of the Old-New World-Doctrine of Rebirth, and Spiritual Cause and Effect William Walker Atkinson 1897
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The phrase "bad faith" simply reeks of churchiness.
Steve Janke and dead, sodomized hookers? Hey, I'm just sayin'. CC 2008
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The phrase "bad faith" simply reeks of churchiness.
Steve Janke and dead, sodomized hookers? Hey, I'm just sayin'. CC 2008
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I did VBS, too, wanted to be a minister, then dropped churchiness right after I was confirmed.
ceeling cat study yooth groop - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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It doesn't "reek of churchiness;" it has nothing to do with religious faith at all.
Steve Janke and dead, sodomized hookers? Hey, I'm just sayin'. CC 2008
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