dechurch

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de- +‎ church

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dechurch (third-person singular simple present dechurches, present participle dechurching, simple past and past participle dechurched)

  1. (transitive) To expel from membership of a congregation or church; to excommunicate.
  2. (transitive) To remove churches, or the role of the church, from.
    accusations of dechurching Christianity

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