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churchy

adjective \ ˈchər-chē \

Definition of churchy

1 : marked by strict conformity or zealous adherence to the forms or beliefs of a church

2 : of or suggestive of a church or church services

Recent Examples of churchy from the Web

Blue Note players like Horace Silver and Art Blakey reacted with a new bluesy, churchy form with a driving backbeat called Hard bop.

— Longreads, "The Brief Career and Self-Imposed Exile of Jutta Hipp, Jazz Pianist," 4 Aug. 2017
Chance the Rapper led his congregation of 18,3000 to church without being too churchy; his random cursing took care of that.''

— chuck yarborough, cleveland.com, "Chance the Rapper, Brian McKnight, Norah Jones: Also Playing," 17 May 2017
Mr. Cohen’s sepulchral, deadpan intonation is set within angelic voices, Gypsy violins and often an organ that can be churchy or bluesy; each verse could be last words.

— jon pareles, jon caramanica and nate chinen, New York Times, "The Best in Culture 2016," 7 Dec. 2016

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First Known Use of churchy

1843

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