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rechurch

rechurch verb: to restore to the membership of a congregation or church.

Verb

rechurch (third-person singular simple present rechurches, present participle rechurching, simple past and past participle rechurched)

  1. (transitive) To restore to the membership of a congregation or church.
    • to rechurch an apostate
  2. (transitive) To restore churches, or the role of the church, to.
    • At a time when mainline denominations are engaged in massive closures of small rural churches, independent charismatics are strategically helping to rechurch rural Canada.2010, Steven M. Studebaker, Pentecostalism and Globalization

Antonyms of rechurch

Forms of rechurch

third-person singular presentrechurches
present participlerechurching
past participlerechurched
pastrechurched

Origin of rechurch

From re- + church.

Questions about rechurch

What does rechurch mean?
Rechurch means to restore to the membership of a congregation or church.
What part of speech is rechurch?
Rechurch is a verb.
What is the past tense of rechurch?
The past tense of rechurch is rechurched.

Words near rechurch in the dictionary

  1. rechucks
  2. rechunk
  3. rechunked
  4. rechunking
  5. rechunks
  6. rechurch
  7. rechurched
  8. rechurches
  9. rechurching
  10. rechurn
  11. rechurned

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