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churchlessness en · NOUN

Etymology

From churchless + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Absence of churches.
  2. (uncountable) Failure to attend a church.
    • Among the several causes of churchlessness, he finds, the most important is the lack of a true familiarity in the Church's approach to us in its liturgy, in its sacraments, in the whole form in which it manifests itself on earth. 1963, Edward Schillebeeckx, Christ, the Sacrament of the Encounter with God, page 201:
    • Whatever the reason for their churchlessness, there are many Indians who consider themselves followers of Jesus but feel no need to demonstrate that commitment through the act of joining a church. 2011, Douglas Jacobsen, The World's Christians, page 126: