- 3. Ecclesiastical authority (as distinguished from that of the State).
Churchman, n.
- 1. Ecclesiastic, clergyman, minister, pastor, divine, priest.
- 2. Episcopalian, Conformist.
Churchyard, n. Burying-ground, burial-ground, graveyard, cemetery, necropolis. God’s acre.
Churl, n.
- 1. Rustic, peasant, countryman, clod-hopper, bumpkin, ploughman, clown.
- 2. Ill-bred man, surly fellow.
- 3. Niggard, miser, skinflint, scrimp, curmudgeon, hunks, mean fellow.
Churlish, a.
- 1. Rude, harsh, brusque, uncivil, impolite, rough, brutish, surly, cynical, snarling, snappish, waspish.
- 2. Crabbed, morose, sullen, ill-tempered.
- 3. Niggardly, miserly, close, close-fisted, sordid, penurious, stingy, mean, illiberal.
Churlishness, n.
- 1. Rudeness, incivility, roughness, brutishness.
- 2. Crabbedness, moroseness, sullenness, tartness, acrimony, acerbity. asperity, harshness, bitterness,
ill-temper.
- 3. Niggardliness, stinginess, penuriousness, closeness, meanness, miserliness, sordidness, close-fistedness.
Churn, v. a.
- 1. Agitate, jostle violently, cause to foam.
- 2. Produce by churning.