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English
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Etymology
From Middle English cherche ale.
Noun
church-ale (countable and uncountable, plural church-ales)
- (historical) A church or parish festival (as in commemoration of the dedication of a church), at which much ale was drunk.
1683, John Keble, An Assistance to Justices of the Peace :If many be at an Alehouse , a Christmaſſe dinner, or Churchale, and ( without any intention of an Affray) they ſodainly fall together by the eares […]
- The strong ale brewed for this purpose.
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