church owl (cherchoul)

A name for the barn-owl, Aluco flammeus, from its often nesting in belfries or steeples. England. church-land (chèrch'land), n. [ chirche- lond (= OS. kirikland = Icel. kirk jul and ); church + land.] Land belonging to a church, benefice, or religious house; land vested in an ecclesiastical body. churchle (chèrch'les), a. [ church-like (chèrch'lik), a. [ Lancaster,... Whose church - like humours fit not for a crown. Shak ., 2 Hen. VI., i. 1. 2. Resembling a church. churchline (chèrch'li-nes), n. [ Its [Epistle to Ephesians'] churchline is rooted and grounded in Christ lin e , and has no sense whatever if separated from this root. Schaff , Hist. Christ. Church, I. § 95. church ling (chèrch'ling), n. [ church + -ling1 .] A mere churchman; a bigoted churchman. A. Wilder . [Rare.]