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Churching of Women

Churching of Women

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Copyright

Churching of Women. The form of thanksgiving which Christian women make after childbirth. The BCP Office, which is based on the Sarum rite, is intended to precede Holy Communion. CW provides a service of ‘Thanksgiving for the Gift of a Child’ (either by birth or adoption). It is intended to involve the whole family. The RC rite, which used to be similar to that of the BCP, has been replaced by a blessing of the mother at the end of the baptismal service.
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Churching of Women

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Churching of Women the formal thanksgiving by women after childbirth, based on the Jewish rite of Purification and first mentioned in a letter of St Augustine of Canterbury to St Gregory the Great.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Churching of Women." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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