churchman

noun

church·​man ˈchərch-mən How to pronounce churchman (audio)
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: a member of a church

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In an area that used to produce influential Catholic churchmen the way the Dodgers churned out Rookies of the Year, Gomez has amounted to the living equivalent of a hair shirt: a mode of piety that serves no one but the wearer. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025 Martini was a key figure in a group of churchmen who met annually in St. Gallen, Switzerland, to ponder how best to blunt John Paul and Ratzinger’s reactionary thrust. Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025 Pentecostalism was about two decades old at the time, and its early practices of interracial worship, speaking in tongues, and divine healing were subjects of lively conversation among the relatively staid and respectable churchmen of mainline Protestantism. Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 19 Aug. 2024 If the dominant Spaniards of The Betrothed are unjust, self-interested, and pompous, few of the Italians — including churchmen — are any better. David Harsanyi, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for churchman

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of churchman was in the 15th century

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“Churchman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/churchman. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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