churchmanship

English

Etymology

From churchman +‎ -ship. Compare statesmanship.

Noun

churchmanship (uncountable)

1. 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, The Times,

     […] partly because of their “more Roman than the Romans” style of churchmanship, but also for fear of upsetting Anglicans and the Church of England […] .

Derived terms

• High-Churchmanship / highchurchmanship