churching

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churching - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Church \Church\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Churched; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Churching.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]