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church hurt

church hurt noun: emotional, spiritual, or psychological pain experienced within a church community, often stemming from abuse of power, manipulation, hypocrisy, gossip, or conflict with leaders or members.

Noun

church hurt (countable and uncountable, plural church hurts)

  1. Emotional, spiritual, or psychological pain experienced within a church community, often stemming from abuse of power, manipulation, hypocrisy, gossip, or conflict with leaders or members.

Forms of church hurt

pluralchurch hurts
alternative formchurch-hurt

Origin of church hurt

From church + hurt.

Questions about church hurt

What does church hurt mean?
Church hurt means emotional, spiritual, or psychological pain experienced within a church community, often stemming from abuse of power, manipulation, hypocrisy, gossip, or conflict with leaders or members.
What part of speech is church hurt?
Church hurt is a noun.
What is the plural of church hurt?
The plural of church hurt is church hurts.

Words near church hurt in the dictionary

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  2. church hat
  3. church hats
  4. church hopper
  5. church hopping
  6. church hurt
  7. church hurts
  8. church key
  9. church keys
  10. Church Knowle
  11. Church Latin

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