Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Churched

Baptized. To church a woman is to read the appointed service when a woman comes to church to return thanks to God for her “safe deliverance” and restored health.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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