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clipping the church

clipping the church is the present participle and gerund 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 clipping the church

What is clipping the church the present participle and gerund of?
Clipping the church is the present participle and gerund of clip the church.

Words near clipping the church in the dictionary

  1. clippie
  2. clippies
  3. clipping
  4. clipping it
  5. clipping someone's wings
  6. clipping the church
  7. clipping the wings of
  8. Clippinger
  9. Clippingers
  10. clippingly
  11. clippings

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