, alternative, option, preference,
discrimination, preferment, volition. Antonyms: coercion, compulsion,
indiscrimination.
choice, a. select, rare, _recherche_; careful, sparing, chary
Antonyms: indiscriminate, promiscuous, common.
choir-leader, n. chorister, precentor, choir-master.
choir vestments. cotta; cassock.
choke, v. strangle, throttle, stifle, suffocate, suppress.
choleric, a. irascible, irritable, petulant, testy.
choose, v. select, elect, prefer, cull, pick out.
chop, v. hack, mince, hash, haggle.
chop, n. stroke, chopping; jaw, chap; pl. flews.
chorus, n. (Greek.) Associated Words: strophe, antistrophe,
epode.
chosen, a. selected.
Christmas, n. Yule, Yuletide, Christmastide.
Christmas mummer. guiser.
chronic, a. habitual, lingering, inveterate.
chronicle, n. record, account, narrative, diary, history.
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, cure, 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.
chyle, n. Associated Words: chylification, chylifaction, chylify,
achylous, chylaceous, chylous, chyliferous, chylocyst, lacteal,
chylopoiesis, chylopoietic.
chyme, n. Associated Words: chymification, chymiferous, chymify,
chymous, achymous.
cigar, n. (small) stogie; tobie; cheroot.
cinch, n. (Colloq.) tight grip.
cipher, n. zero, naught, nothing; nonentity, nobody; device,
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