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churchy

[chur-chee] / ˈtʃɜr tʃi /


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“Expensive, elevated and fresh. It’s not churchy, which is my biggest issue with incense.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2026

Phil at Coachella, where she performed a churchy rendition of Prince’s “Purple Rain.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2025

That is why NAR apostles and prophets sometimes stay on the down-low — by foregoing churchy garb and open use of their titles, for instance.

From Salon Jun. 17, 2023

She addresses it most directly in “I Drink Wine,” a crescendo of confession and self-help underpinned by churchy piano and organ: “How can one become so bounded by choices that somebody else makes?” she sings.

From New York Times Nov. 17, 2021

The old, churchy look is so different from the rest of the hospital’s modern, sleek design.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

In retrospect, in the churchier precincts of the memory, the election of 1960 has, for some, a numinous glow.

From Time Magazine Archive

By Ruth GrahamPosted Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, at 9:05 AM ET New England used to be one of the churchiest places in America.

From Slate Nov. 27, 2012

She isn't rich, either, but poor as the churchiest mouse!

From Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley by Rowe, Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert)

They are, as one may say, the churchiest churches in Europe—the fullest of gathered memories, of the experience of their office.

From Italian Hours by James, Henry




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