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Churchman vs Churchmanship - What's the difference?

churchman | churchmanship |

As nouns the difference between churchman and churchmanship

is that churchman is a person (originally a man) of authority in a religious organization; a cleric while churchmanship is the craft or skill of being a churchman.

churchman

English

Noun

(churchmen)
  • A person (originally a man) of authority in a religious organization; a cleric.
  • :The bishop, a highly placed churchman , stated the religion's opinion.

    • churchmanship

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The craft or skill of being a churchman.
  • * 2009 October 21, Ruth Gledhill (religion correspondent), Desperate bishops invited Rome to park its tanks on Archbishop’s lawn , ,
    • .

    Derived terms

    * High-Churchmanship / highchurchmanship