Church
- Church
- Church Church, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Churched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Churching}.]
To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with in
publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance
from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women.
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