Churchical

adjective CHUR-chi-kal ˈtʃʌrtʃikal

Also spelled chuchical

In Rastafari Iyaric, spiritual, sacred, or 'of the church' in the highest sense — pertaining to Jah, worship, and the inner spiritual work of a Rasta. It is set against 'political', the worldly, Babylon-facing side of life: the churchical is the holy and eternal, the political is the temporal struggle. Compare 'heartical' (heartfelt, sincere).

  • Di chant deh churchical, it lift up di spirit.

    The chant is sacred; it lifts up the spirit.

  • Rasta deal wid churchical an political.

    Rasta deals with both the spiritual and the worldly.

  • A churchical works dis, not vanity.

    This is sacred work, not vanity.

Rastafari 'word-sound-power' coinage from 'church' + the '-ical' pattern; paired conceptually with 'political'. See [[heartical]], [[iyaric]].

Rasta term for the sacred/spiritual, opposed to 'political' (worldly). See [[heartical]], [[rasta]], [[iyaric]].