The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
n. (cx Christianity English) Blessing, given ceremonially to a woman who has given birth. vb. (present participle of church English)
Wikipedia
Churching may refer to:
- Churching of women is the ceremony wherein a purification and blessing is given to mothers after recovery from childbirth in both Eastern and Western Christian traditions
- The attendance of any church activity, including Sunday School, sacrament meetings, and weekday activities.
Usage examples of "churching".
There were two funerals, a churching, and another wedding he must attend to while he was in the area.
My mother used to file them for me to answer — one heap of charity appeals, another for personal letters, another for marriages and funerals, another for baptisms and churchings, and another for anonymous abuse.
Sliverstone's labours last week - what with the buryings, marryings, churchings, christenings, and all together, - that when he was going up the pulpit stairs on Sunday evening, he was obliged to hold on by the rails, or he would certainly have fallen over into his own pew.