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Definition of Churching
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Churching
Literary usage of Churching
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of that Learned and Judicious Divine, Mr. Richard Hooker: With an by Richard Hooker (1874)
"The churching of women : in " which title yet kept there seemeth " to be hid a
great part of the Jew- " ish purification: for like as in the ' old law she ..."
2. The Country Church: The Decline of Its Influence and the Remedy by Charles Otis Gill, Gifford Pinchot (1913)
"OVER-churching The figures for attendance, membership, and expenditures gathered
in Tompkins County indicate how very serious the evil of over-churching has ..."
3. The Externals of the Catholic Church: Her Government, Ceremonies, Festivals by John Francis Sullivan (1917)
"CHAPTER LII THE churching OF WOMEN THE Church has instituted a ceremony of ...
This ceremony is generally known as " churching," but the Ritual calls it ..."
4. The Book of Church Law: Being an Exposition of the Legal Rights and Duties by John Henry Blunt (1876)
"THE churching OF WOMEN. "Thanksgiving of Women after Childbirth, com- monly called
the churching of Women," is translated from the ancient Latin Office of ..."
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