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churchly

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church·ly  (chûrchl)
adj.
1. Of or relating to a church.
2. Appropriate for or suggestive of a church: "aspires to the pure fragrance of churchly incense" (Martin Bernheimer).

churchli·ness n.

churchly [ˈtʃɜːtʃlɪ]
adj
appropriate to, associated with, or suggestive of church life and customs
churchliness  n
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Adj.1.churchly - resembling or suggesting or appropriate to a church; "churchlike silence"; "the pure fragrance of churchly incense"
religious - having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity; "a religious man"; "religious attitude"


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Our Song": How can music/Be so churchly serene/That it makes me kneel/On cold stone floors and weep?
At the least, Merton challenges us to accept revelation beyond our narrow churchly boundaries, but compatible with the Logos or universal Spirit.
So it is that we invoke the Spirit into our midst when churchly things are about to happen, so it is that we can even speak of cooperating with the Holy Spirit in our own personal histories of faith.
 
 
 
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