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Churchly meaning
Pertaining to or relating to the church, its government, forms, or ceremonies; ecclesiastical. | Devoted to, or inclined to attach great importance to, the order and ritual of a particular section of the Christian church. | In accordance with ecclesiastical standards or ceremonies; appropriate for or befitting a church.
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But it was his own personal influence, energy, and practical spirit that introduced the new doctrine and founded a new evangelical and churchly life.
Locality is also expressed in regional terms of churchly jurisdiction, which is often also drawn along national lines.
Neither internal membership in the Church nor churchly offices and dignities are a surety that the persons in question are members of the true Church.