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enchurch

enchurch verb: to bring into a church.

Verb

enchurch (third-person singular simple present enchurches, present participle enchurching, simple past and past participle enchurched)

  1. (transitive) To bring into a church.
    • And, […] when he is coming to enchurch them, it will be when they have repented and turned from their ungodliness; […]1766, John Brown, An Exposition of the Epistle of Paul the Apostle..., page 463

Forms of enchurch

third-person singular presentenchurches
present participleenchurching
past participleenchurched
pastenchurched

Origin of enchurch

en- + church

Questions about enchurch

What does enchurch mean?
Enchurch means to bring into a church.
What part of speech is enchurch?
Enchurch is a verb.
What is the past tense of enchurch?
The past tense of enchurch is enchurched.

Words near enchurch in the dictionary

  1. enchondromatoses
  2. enchondromatosis
  3. enchondromatous
  4. enchorial
  5. enchoric
  6. enchurch
  7. enchurched
  8. enchurches
  9. enchurching
  10. enchylema
  11. enchylemma

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