churching

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English

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Noun

churching (countable and uncountable, plural churchings)

  1. (Christianity) The ceremonial blessing of a woman who has given birth.
    The churching of women traditionally includes thanksgiving for the women's survival of childbirth.
    • 1834, Charles Dickens, “The Bloomsbury Christening”, in Sketches by Boz:
      The clergyman had to dine some distance from town, and had got two churchings, three christenings, and a funeral, to perform in something less than an hour.
    • 2010, Chris Given-Wilson, Fourteenth Century England VI, page 145:
      As discussed in detail by Caroline Shenton, the churchings of Queen Philippa, for which the details following Isabella's birth in 1333 survive, represented a 'gigantic festival of a family whose start in life had been extremely unsteady'.

Translations

Translations

Verb

churching

  1. present participle and gerund of church

Polish

Etymology

From English church + -ing, modelled on clubbing.

Pronunciation

Noun

churching m inan

  1. (neologism, often humorous) selection by the faithful of a church other than their parish church every time they want to attend Mass

Declension

Declension of churching
singular plural
nominative churching churchingi
genitive churchingu churchingów
dative churchingowi churchingom
accusative churching churchingi
instrumental churchingiem churchingami
locative churchingu churchingach
vocative churchingu churchingi

Further reading

  • churching in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • churching in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • churching at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
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