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dechurch

dechurch verb: to expel from membership of a congregation or church; to excommunicate.

Verb

dechurch (third-person singular simple present dechurches, present participle dechurching, simple past and past participle dechurched)

  1. (transitive) To expel from membership of a congregation or church; to excommunicate.
  2. (transitive) To remove churches, or the role of the church, from.
    • accusations of dechurching Christianity

Proper noun capitalized: DeChurch

DeChurch (plural DeChurchs)

  1. A surname.

Forms of dechurch

Verb
third-person singular presentdechurches
present participledechurching
past participledechurched
pastdechurched
Proper noun
pluralDeChurchs

Origin of dechurch

From de- + church.

Questions about dechurch

What does dechurch mean?
Dechurch means to expel from membership of a congregation or church; to excommunicate.
What part of speech is dechurch?
Dechurch can be a verb or a proper noun.
What is the past tense of dechurch?
The past tense of dechurch is dechurched.

Words near dechurch in the dictionary

  1. dechticaetiative
  2. dechunk
  3. dechunked
  4. dechunking
  5. dechunks
  6. dechurch
  7. dechurched
  8. dechurches
  9. dechurching
  10. deci-
  11. deciamp

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