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dechurched

dechurched is the simple past and past participle of dechurch.

Meaning of dechurch

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

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Questions about dechurched

What is dechurched the simple past and past participle of?
Dechurched is the simple past and past participle of dechurch.

Words near dechurched in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dechurched (page history and authors); dechurch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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