( v. t. )
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.
( v. t. )
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012