"churching" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: churchings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} churching (countable and uncountable, plural churchings)
  1. (Christianity) The ceremonial blessing of a woman who has given birth. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Christianity Translations (Translations): kirking (Scots), kyrktagning [common-gender] (Swedish), уво́дини (uvódyny) [plural] (Ukrainian), ви́від (vývid) (alt: для породі́лі) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-churching-en-noun-Wis6xHou Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Topics: Christianity

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} churching
  1. present participle and gerund of church Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: church
    Sense id: en-churching-en-verb-nWuj-nlf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54

Inflected forms

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