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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Churchly

Churchly \Church"ly\, a. Pertaining to, or suitable for, the church; ecclesiastical.

Wiktionary
churchly

a. 1 Pertaining to or relating to the church, its government, forms, or ceremonies; ecclesiastical. 2 Devoted to, or inclined to attach great importance to, the order and ritual of a particular section of the Christian church. 3 In accordance with ecclesiatical standards or ceremonies; appropriate for or befitting a church. 4 Characteristic of a church; churchy.

WordNet
churchly

adj. resembling or suggesting or appropriate to a church; "churchlike silence"; "the pure fragrance of churchly incense" [syn: churchlike]

Usage examples of "churchly".

He not only managed to reconcile his religious calling with an activity once condemned by churchly authorities, but also went on to become the only man in history to use cryptanalytic talents to procure ecclesiastical rewards.

To echo the words of Horace, Pictoribus atque poetis quidlibet audendi semper fuit aequa potestas, in this daring invention the artist comes among us not as the bearer of idées reçues embracing art as decoration or of the comfort of churchly beliefs enshrined in greeting card sentiments but rather in the aesthetic equivalent of one who comes on earth 'not to send peace, but a sword.

By the time the churchly Grundies had slashed your texts, much of it made no sense.