Definition of "church-door" []

• Alternative form of church door. (noun)

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• "Deliberately putting off the gown, which had thus far covered his martial figure, he stood before them a girded warrior; and descending from the pulpit, ordered the drums at the church-door to beat for recruits."
• "He meant to set off from the church-door to Delvile Castle, to acquaint his father with his marriage, and then to return instantly to London: there he entreated Cecilia to stay with his mother, that, finding them both together, he might not exhaust her patience, by making his parting visit occasion another journey to Suffolk."
• "No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church-door, but 'tis enough, 'twill serve..."