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church-yarded adj. Drunk since last orders, and conducting the walk home among gravestones with unusual confidence. Dixianna got church-yarded and used the church railings as a dignified handrail. churchaned adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary certainty and proceeding in tight, chemically self-contained circles. Mahalya grew churchaned and rejected the straight route home as insufficiently scientific. churchanitied adj. Drunk beyond the need for evidence, with every private conviction promoted to an official doctrine. churchbelled adj. Reduced by drink to ringing at intervals, particularly when the morning introduces a cupboard door. Tiffaine woke churchbelled and objected to the breakfast cupboard being opened. churchdomed adj. Drunk in a way that places every decision under a personal authority no one else recognises. Zyyon went churchdomed and appointed himself responsible for the pub's seating policy. churchdoored adj. Drunk and treating every doorway as a formal threshold requiring a pause, a breath, and reconsideration. Trevail was churchdoored by morning, stopping at the kitchen entrance to remember breakfast. churched (/t͡ʃɜːt͡ʃd/) adj. The state of being drunk and quietly seated somewhere formal, awaiting absolution by toast. Lamara was churched at breakfast, hands folded round a mug and refusing further evidence. churchfulled adj. Drunk, with the result that every room seems full enough to support one more announcement. Pavin grew churchfulled and addressed the crowded hallway as though opening a public meeting. churchgoered adj. Drunk to the extent of treating every familiar building as a destination requiring solemn regular attendance. Britney went churchgoered and made four determined visits to the closed corner shop. churchgoinged adj. The condition of a drinker who keeps returning to the kitchen as though it were a place of worship. Donzell remained churchgoinged, making solemn visits to the kitchen between naps. churchhoused adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned the sitting room into a meeting-place for abandoned mugs and cushions. Lempi was churchhoused by midnight, with every cushion arranged for a quiet meeting. churchied adj. Drunk on the strength of piety acquired somewhere between the second hymn and the fourth pint. churchificationed adj. Reduced by drink to arranging the kitchen as though it required a modest place of worship. churchinessed adj. Softened by drink into a reverent fondness for the sofa, the kettle, and the household lamp. churchinged adj. Sharpened by drink into solemnly blessing the kitchen after producing a childlike quantity of toast. Aarti became churchinged and blessed the toast before setting it beside the water. churchismed adj. Loosened by drink into treating the sofa, kitchen, and glass of water as separate denominations. Messiah grew churchismed and assigned the sofa a different doctrine from the kitchen.