chrysalis, n. aurelia, nympha, cocoon, kell.
chum, n. roommate; [companion], intimate, [associate], [friend], [crony].
church, n. [temple], [sanctuary], house of [God], meeting [house], fane; cathedral; [chapel], oratory, minster, bethel, tabernacle, chantry; kirk ([Scotch]); synagogue ([Jewish]); denomination, [sect]; basilica. Associated words: ecclesiastical, ecclesiology, ecclesiolatry, ecclesiasticism, [parish], hierarch, hierarchy, hierocracy, hierolatry, hierology, hierarchism, irenics, [curé], evangelical, verger, [beadle], chancel, clearstory, nave, transept, [vestry], presbytery, prebend, prebendary, lectern, apse, irenicon, [living], [benefice], sinecure, glebe, [see], prelacy, [convocation], synod, conference, conclave, consistory, [crypt], schism, [orthodoxy], heterodoxy, [unchurch], sacristan, sacristy, Dorcastry, Sarum [use].
church and state. Associated words: Erastian, Erastianism.
church dignitary. prelate, primate, elder, [deacon], dean, hierarch, [bishop].
church fathers. Associated words: patristic, patristics, patrology, patrist.
churchly, a. ecclesiastical.
church officer. vestryman, [warden], presbyter, [trustee].
churl, n. [rustic], [hind], [bumpkin], [lout], [boor].
churlish, a. [boorish], [rude], [morose], [unamiable].