churchwear

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UK/ˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ.wɛə/US/ˈt͡ʃɝt͡ʃ.wɛ(ə)ɹ/

noun

Clothing intended to be worn in church.

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Meanings

nounchurchwear (uncountable)
  1. uncountableClothing intended to be worn in church.

    The first blushes of Lamar’s aesthetic expansion came with the video for “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe,” in 2013. Clad in crisp white churchwear, Lamar frolicked with a congregation, first in a hearse and then in a wheat field, as he led a casket to a sun-drenched resting place.

    2017 July 26, Doreen St. Félix, “The Autofictions of Kendrick Lamar”, in The New Yorker

Origin

From church + -wear.

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Cite this entry
APA

churchwear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/churchwear

MLA

“churchwear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/churchwear. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “churchwear,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/churchwear.

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