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churchly

[church-lee] / ˈtʃɜrtʃ li /


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“Beyond Belief” is far more schematic, to the extent that the various chapters—nine, to be exact—focus on aspects of the game that correspond to churchly concepts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

That theme, explored with light wit and deep humanity, makes this unabashedly churchly novel strikingly relevant to our conflicted political era.

From Washington Post • May 3, 2022

In the central room, where a Chanel couture wedding dress sits under a dome of digitally projected embroidery, all that could be heard was the churchly incantation of the Brian Eno soundtrack.

From New York Times • May 4, 2016

A video screen shaped like ragged, torn paper was suspended over the Disney organ pipes, on which was presented abstract churchly imagery to set the scene.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2015

The Catholicism we have here is Paul’s Catholicism of Gentile engrafting—not Clement’s, of churchly order and uniformity; nor Ignatius’, of monepiscopal rule.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.




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