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dischurch

dischurch verb: to deprive of status as a church, or of membership in a church.

Verb

dischurch (third-person singular simple present dischurches, present participle dischurching, simple past and past participle dischurched)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of status as a church, or of membership in a church.
    • 1600s (exact date of publication unknown) Bishop Joseph Hall, Resolutions for Religion
      These are enough to deform any church; not enough to dischurch it.

Forms of dischurch

third-person singular presentdischurches
present participledischurching
past participledischurched
pastdischurched

Origin of dischurch

From dis- + church.

Questions about dischurch

What does dischurch mean?
Dischurch means to deprive of status as a church, or of membership in a church.
What part of speech is dischurch?
Dischurch is a verb.
What is the past tense of dischurch?
The past tense of dischurch is dischurched.

Words near dischurch in the dictionary

  1. Dischers
  2. dischizotomous
  3. dischloremia
  4. Dischner
  5. dischuffed
  6. dischurch
  7. dischurched
  8. dischurches
  9. dischurching
  10. disci
  11. discicristate

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