“Canova began, during his lifetime, a magnificent church in the form of an antique temple, combining the peristyle of the Parthenon with the cupola of the Pantheon.”
“Most described their desire to join the church as a matter of faith and spiritual attraction.”
“But from a sister-in-law who only has you in to tea occasionally as a matter of duty, and who is prominent in churchwork, one may, of course, expect anything.”
churchhouse
A Quaker building used as a church and meeting-place.
“The Tories don't try to wrap themselves in toe-curling churchiness as the prime minister does.”
“Hay puts the churchiness down to the type of people who wanted to get ahead, although the parsimoniousness of Hay the elder perhaps encouraged self-help.”
“Blair's North-East roots were really fascinating to me and also his churchiness, to put it simply.”
“The Cloysters neer to Peters churche was converted into the serdge markett, which was before in Southgate street.”
“This may ye se in the epistles of the churche of pergamos and Thiatira.”
“Especially, seeing these latter troubles and perturbations of the Churche offer me so much, that unneth any vacant laisure shall be left, to intermeddle wyth matters prophane.”
