churching
English
Noun
churching (countable and uncountable, plural churchings)
- (Christianity) The ceremonial blessing of a woman who has given birth.
- The churching of women traditionally includes thanksgiving for the women's survival of childbirth.
- 1834, Charles Dickens, The Bloomsbury Christening (in Sketches by Boz)
- 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.
- 2010, Chris Given-Wilson, Fourteenth Century England VI, page 145:
- 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'.
Translations
|
Verb
churching
- present participle of church
Polish
Etymology
From English church + -ing, modelled on clubbing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʂɛr.t͡ʂiŋk/
- Rhymes: -ɛrt͡ʂiŋk
- Syllabification: czer‧czing
Noun
churching m inan
- (neologism, often humorous) selection by the faithful of a church other than their parish church every time they want to attend Mass
Declension
Declension of churching
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | churching | churchingi |
| genitive | churchingu | churchingów |
| dative | churchingowi | churchingom |
| accusative | churching | churchingi |
| instrumental | churchingiem | churchingami |
| locative | churchingu | churchingach |
| vocative | churchingu | churchingi |
Further reading
- churching in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- churching in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- churching at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego