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==English==
{{wikipedia|Churching of women}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|Christianity}} The [[ceremonial]] [[blessing]] of a woman who has given birth.
#: {{ux|en|The '''churching''' of women traditionally includes thanksgiving for the women's survival of childbirth.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1834|author=w:Charles Dickens|chapter=The Bloomsbury Christening|title=w:Sketches by Boz
|passage=The clergyman had to dine some distance from town, and had got two '''churchings''', three christenings, and a funeral, to perform in something less than an hour.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2010|author=Chris Given-Wilson|title=Fourteenth Century England VI|page=145|passage=As discussed in detail by Caroline Shenton, the '''churchings''' of Queen Philippa, for which the details following Isabella's birth in 1333 survive, represented a 'gigantic festival of a family whose start in life had been extremely unsteady'.}}

====Translations====
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* Scots: {{t|sco|kirking}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|kyrktagning|c}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|уво́дини|p}}, {{t|uk|ви́від|m}} {{qualifier|для породі́лі}}
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===Verb===
{{head|en|verb form}}

# {{infl of|en|church||ing-form}}

==Polish==

===Etymology===
From {{der|pl|en|church}} + {{af|pl|-ing}}, modelled on {{l|pl|clubbing}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|czerczing|h=chur.ching}}

===Noun===
{{pl-noun|m-in}}

# {{lb|pl|neologism|often|humorous}} [[selection]] by the [[faithful]] of a [[church]] other than their [[parish]] church every time they want to attend [[Mass]]

====Declension====
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===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:WSJP}}
* {{R:pl:PWN}}
* {{R:pl:OJUW}}