(obsolete) A churchwarden. / A person (originally a man) of authority in a religious organization; a cleric. / A member or adherent of an established church, especially the Church of England.

A surname.

plural of Churchman

A member of the Church of England who prioritises those aspects of Anglicanism which distinguish it from Calvinism and other Protestant denominations, and which it has in common with Catholicism, especially the authority of the priesthood and the importance of church ritual.

The craft or skill of being a churchman.

Befitting a churchman.

(now chiefly historical) The principles or doctrines of a high churchman; Anglican ritualism, Anglo-Catholicism.

plural of churchmanship