churchlike
Having cathedral qualities
Churchlike describes something resembling or characteristic of a church—in architecture, atmosphere, or manner.
A building might have churchlike features: The library's vaulted ceilings and stained glass gave it a churchlike quality.
Behavior or settings can feel churchlike when hushed, reverent, or solemn: The audience maintained a churchlike silence during the performance.
Pointed church tower
cathedral · vestibule · spire · apse · transept · narthex · belfry · sacristy
Feeling profound respect
- solemnSerious and dignified
- hushedReduced to silence
- sereneUntroubled and composed
- austereSeverely simple and unadorned
subdued · contemplative · meditative · quiet · peaceful · still · echoing · dim
Faithfully devoted to worship
- worshipfulFeeling or showing reverence
- prayerfulGiven to worship
- devotionalRelating to worship
- faithfulConsistently loyal and true
godly · reverent · spiritual · holy · sanctified · blessed · divine · fervent
Of public worship rites
- ritualisticFollowing prescribed ceremony
- processionalCeremonial entrance music
- vestmentsCeremonial religious attire
- hymnalReligious song collection
sacramental · formal · stately · ceremonious · choral · incantation · blessing · consecration
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Pointed church tower
chapel · cathedral · vestibule · spire · apse · transept · narthex · belfry · sacristy · buttress
reverent
Feeling profound respect
austere · subdued · contemplative · meditative · quiet · peaceful · still · echoing · dim · candlelit
pious
Faithfully devoted to worship
- worshipfulFeeling or showing reverence
- prayerfulGiven to worship
- devotionalRelating to worship
faithful · godly · reverent · spiritual · holy · sanctified · blessed · divine · fervent · humble
liturgical
Of public worship rites
- ritualisticFollowing prescribed ceremony
- processionalCeremonial entrance music
- vestmentsCeremonial religious attire
hymnal · sacramental · formal · stately · ceremonious · choral · incantation · blessing · consecration · communion
churchlikerowdy
Noisily disorderly
profane · boisterous · raucous · riotous · irreverent
churchlikeprofane
Irreverent toward the sacred
unholy · sacrilegious · blasphemous · secular · godless
churchlikeindustrial
Of factories and production
utilitarian · commercial · sterile · modern · functional
church, churches, churchyard, churchgoing, churchman, churchly, churchgoer, churchwarden, churchwoman