Churching
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Churching is a noun meaning (Christianity) The ceremonial blessing of a woman who has given birth.
Meaning
(Christianity) The ceremonial blessing of a woman who has given birth.
More Meanings
- 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'.
Word Forms
- churchings
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