Resembling a church in appearance, character, or atmosphere; having qualities typical of a church.
From church + -like (a suffix meaning 'resembling' or 'similar to'). The -like suffix comes from Old English -gelīc and is one of the most transparent and productive word-building patterns.
Unlike -ish which means 'somewhat,' -like means 'resembling' or 'similar to'—so 'childish' means 'acting like a child in a negative way,' while 'childlike' means 'resembling a child innocently'; this subtle distinction lets us encode emotional judgment into our suffixes.
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