churchman
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A churchman of exceptional rhetorical skill, Augustine was naturally drawn into doctrinal and intellectual controversies, in which he showed a fearsome determination that his views should win out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
But there’s no way to know who determined the imagery, conquered artist or conquering European churchman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2021
In 1931, they stopped selling network airtime to Coughlin or any other churchman.
From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2021
Loyalists had given the churchman a set of conditions which, if met, would allow their ceasefire to be announced first.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2019
My dad gave him a firm shake and a tight-lipped nod, and the churchman headed out.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
Few churchmen will explicitly promote pacifism as the only proper Christian option.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
An 1850 issue of The Dublin University Magazine said beaver tail was usually eaten during Lent by the "strict churchmen of Northern Germany," while the Canadian Journal of Industry, Science and Art wrote:
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2023
I don’t mess with churchmen or my family.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2023
Francis on Saturday raised to that rank 20 churchmen, including 16 younger than 80 and thus eligible to vote in a conclave to elect new pontiffs.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2022
“You would think,” Skarpi’s voice rolled out like thick honey, “fine churchmen such as yourselves could find better things to do than arresting storytellers and extorting money from honest men.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
