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dechurches

dechurches is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 dechurches

What is dechurches the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dechurches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dechurch.

Words near dechurches in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dechurches (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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