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churching

SayCHURCH-ingUS/ˈt͡ʃɜɹt͡ʃɪŋ/UK/ˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃɪŋ/

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2 meanings of churching

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  1. 1
    nouncountable or uncountable
    A church service that blesses a mother after she has given birth.

    Like a welcome-back celebration for a mother after she has had her baby.

    She attended churching soon after her baby was born.

    In our parish, churching marks a mother's return to worship.

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  2. 2
    verb
    Present participle of church. Use this -ing form for the action as it is happening.

    The minister is churching the new mother this Sunday.

    They are churching several women at the morning service.

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churching is a form of church

church, verb: To teach someone about religion, the way a church does. Full entry

Forms
churchchurches he/she/itchurching -ing formchurched past tense, past participle
Spelling
church → churching: add -ing

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