churchman

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1. churchman - Noun

2. Churchman - Proper noun

Meaning

An ecclesiastic or clergyman.

An Episcopalian, or a member of the Established Church of England.

One was is attached to, or attends, church.

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I like a church, I like a cowl, I love a prophet of the soul, And on my heart monastic aisles Fall like sweet strains or pensive smiles; Yet not for all his faith can see, Would I that cowled churchman be. Why should the vest on him allure, Which I could not on me endure? Ralph Waldo Emerson

The wealth of a churchman God gives it, and the Devil takes it away. James Howell

Whether one is a conservative or a radical, a protectionist or a free trader, a cosmopolitan or a nationalist, a churchman or a heathen, it is useful to know the causes and consequences of economic phenomena. George Stigler

Even a highly respected churchman like Archbishop Carranza of Toledo was jailed by the Inquisition for 17 years, for publishing ideas that seemed sympathetic in some degree with Protestantism. Source: Internet

As a loyal English churchman he was ceaselessly interested in ecclesiastical matters, and made suggestions for the better observation of doctrine and discipline in the church. Source: Internet

The churchman did well while it lasted, but he became the wrong man in the wrong place among the wrong people. Source: Internet

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