| ANTICHURCH | • antichurch adj. Opposed to the church; against the Christian institution. • ANTICHURCH adj. opposed to the church. |
| ARCHEPARCH | • archeparch n. (Eastern Orthodoxy) The archbishop of an archeparchy. |
| BACHARACHS | • BACHARACH n. (German) a wine from Bacharach, on the Rhine. |
| CHILIARCHS | • chiliarchs n. Plural of chiliarch. • CHILIARCH n. (Greek) the commander or chief of a thousand men. |
| CHILIARCHY | • chiliarchy n. (Historical) A regiment of 1000 soldiers, typically commanded by a chiliarch. • chiliarchy n. (Historical) The office or position of a chiliarch. • chiliarchy n. (Rare) A government of 1000 rulers. |
| CHURCHWARD | • churchward n. (Christianity) Obsolete spelling of churchwarden. • churchward adv. Towards a church. • Churchward prop.n. A surname originating as an occupation. |
| CHURCHWAYS | • churchways n. Plural of churchway. • CHURCHWAY n. the public way or road that leads up to the church. |
| CHURCHYARD | • churchyard n. A patch of land adjoining a church, often used as a graveyard. • church-yard n. Alternative form of churchyard. • CHURCHYARD n. a yard that belongs to a church and is often used as a burial ground. |
| CROSSHATCH | • crosshatch n. A pattern of crossing lines. • crosshatch v. To mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern. • cross-hatch n. Alternative spelling of crosshatch. |
| HEPTARCHIC | • heptarchic adj. Of or pertaining to a heptarchy. • HEPTARCHIC adj. of or like a heptarchy, government by seven persons, also HEPTARCHAL. |
| HIERARCHIC | • hierarchic adj. Hierarchal. • HIERARCHIC adj. of, relating to, or arranged in a hierarchy, also HIERARCHICAL. |
| MEGACHURCH | • megachurch n. A church with an atypically large congregation. • mega-church n. Alternative spelling of megachurch. • MEGACHURCH n. a church, usually Protestant, with a very large congregation, typically housed in a complex offering sophisticated multimedia presentations and a range of secular facilities and services. |
| SCHOLARCHS | • scholarchs n. Plural of scholarch. • SCHOLARCH n. the head of a school. |