Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clip the church

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English

Syllables: clip the church
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To hold hands in an outward-facing ring around a church, an ancient English custom traditionally observed by local communities on Easter Monday, Shrove Tuesday, or the church's saint's day.

British usage

Example Sentences

"In its revived form at Edgmond it constitutes part of the annual “feast” of the parish schools. The charity children clipped the church in Birmingham."

Etymology

From Old English clyppan (“to hug, to clasp”).

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: clyppan

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

clips the church (present, singular) clipping the church (participle, present) clipped the church (participle, past) clipped the church (past)

Questions

What does clip the church mean?: To hold hands in an outward-facing ring around a church, an ancient English custom traditionally observed by local communities on Easter Monday, Shrove Tuesday, or the church's saint's day.
Where does clip the church come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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