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clipped the church

clipped the church is the simple past and past participle of clip the church.

Meaning of clip the church

Verb

clip the church (third-person singular simple present clips the church, present participle clipping the church, simple past and past participle clipped the church)

  1. (UK) To hold hands in an outward-facing ring around a church, an ancient English custom traditionally observed by local communities on Easter Monday, Shrove Tuesday, or the church's saint's day.
    • In its revived form at Edgmond it constitutes part of the annual “feast” of the parish schools. The charity children clipped the church in Birmingham.2015, Felicity Trotman, A Year in the Life of Victorian Britain

Questions about clipped the church

What is clipped the church the simple past and past participle of?
Clipped the church is the simple past and past participle of clip the church.

Words near clipped the church in the dictionary

  1. Clippard
  2. Clippards
  3. clipped
  4. clipped it
  5. clipped someone's wings
  6. clipped the church
  7. clipped the wings of
  8. clipper
  9. Clipper chip
  10. Clipper chips
  11. Clipper Mills

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