churchmanship

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noun

The craft or skill of being a churchman.

First used 17th c.Scrabble 30
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Meanings

nounchurchmanship (countable and uncountable, plural churchmanships)

plural churchmanships

  1. countableuncountableThe craft or skill of being a churchman.First known use 17th c.

    His parents had brought Hicks up as an evangelical but his churchmanship seems to have become much more moderate.

    2015, GR Evans, Edward Hicks: Pacifist Bishop at War
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    […] partly because of their “more Roman than the Romans” style of churchmanship, but also for fear of upsetting Anglicans and the Church of England […] .

    2009 October 21, Ruth Gledhill, ‘Desperate bishops invited Rome to park its tanks on Archbishop’s lawn’, The Times

Origin

From churchman + -ship. Compare statesmanship.

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APA

churchmanship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/churchmanship

MLA

“churchmanship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/churchmanship. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “churchmanship,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/churchmanship.

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