Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

churching

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables: church-ing
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The ceremonial blessing of a woman who has given birth.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of church

Example Sentences

"The churching of women traditionally includes thanksgiving for the women's survival of childbirth."
"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."
"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'."

Usage

Inflected Forms

churchings (plural)

Questions

What does churching mean?: The ceremonial blessing of a woman who has given birth.

How to pronounce churching

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