| ANTICHURCH | • antichurch adj. Opposed to the church; against the Christian institution. • ANTICHURCH adj. opposed to the church. |
| AUTOCHTHONIC | • autochthonic adj. Existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous. • AUTOCHTHONIC adj. indigenous, aboriginal, also AUTOCHTHONAL, AUTOCHTHONOUS. |
| CATECHUMENSHIP | • catechumenship n. The state or condition of a catechumen. • CATECHUMENSHIP n. the office of catechumen. |
| CATECHUMENSHIPS | • CATECHUMENSHIP n. the office of catechumen. |
| CHURCHIANITIES | • CHURCHIANITY n. a usually excessive or narrowly sectarian attachment to the practices and interests of a particular church. |
| CHURCHIANITY | • Churchianity n. (Derogatory) Any practices of Christianity that place a larger emphasis on the habits of church life… • CHURCHIANITY n. a usually excessive or narrowly sectarian attachment to the practices and interests of a particular church. |
| CHURCHMAN | • churchman n. (Obsolete) A churchwarden. • churchman n. A person (originally a man) of authority in a religious organization; a cleric. • churchman n. A member or adherent of an established church, especially the Church of England. |
| CHURCHMANLIER | • CHURCHMANLY adj. in the manner of a churchman. |
| CHURCHMANLIEST | • CHURCHMANLY adj. in the manner of a churchman. |
| CHURCHMANLY | • churchmanly adj. Befitting a churchman. • CHURCHMANLY adj. in the manner of a churchman. |
| CHURCHMANSHIP | • churchmanship n. The craft or skill of being a churchman. • CHURCHMANSHIP n. the attitude, belief, or practice of a churchman. |
| CHURCHMANSHIPS | • churchmanships n. Plural of churchmanship. • CHURCHMANSHIP n. the attitude, belief, or practice of a churchman. |
| CHURCHWARDEN | • churchwarden n. (Britain) A lay officer of the Church of England who handles the secular affairs of the parish. • churchwarden n. (US) A similar functionary of the Episcopal church. • churchwarden n. (UK, slang) A churchwarden pipe. |
| CHURCHWARDENS | • churchwardens n. Plural of churchwarden. • CHURCHWARDEN n. one of two lay parish officers in Anglican churches with responsibility esp. for parish property and alms. |
| CHURCHWOMAN | • churchwoman n. The female equivalent of a churchman. • CHURCHWOMAN n. a woman who is a member of a church. |
| HUNCHBACK | • hunchback n. One who is stooped or hunched over. • hunchback n. A deformed upper spinal column in the shape of a hump in the back. • hunchback n. (Derogatory) A person with kyphosis, a spinal deformity that causes a hunched over appearance. |
| HUNCHBACKED | • hunchbacked adj. Having an abnormally curved or hunched back. • HUNCHBACKED adj. having a hunchback. |
| HUNCHBACKS | • hunchbacks n. Plural of hunchback. • HUNCHBACK n. a person whose spine is convexly curved to an abnormal degree. |