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† disˈchurch, v. Obs.
[f. dis- 7 + church n.]
1. trans. To deprive (a church) of its character; to cause to be no longer a church; to unchurch.
1629Bp. Hall Reconciler 11 This heresie..makes Rome justly odious and execrable..but cannot utterly dischurch it. a1656― Rem. Wks. (1660) 408 These are enough to deforme any Church, not enough to dis-church it. 1656S. Winter Serm. 37 That Church shall never be dischurched.
2. To exclude or expel (persons) from the church.
1651C. Cartwright Cert. Relig. i. 113 All dis-union of people is not enough to dis-church them.
Hence disˈchurching vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1680Allen Peace & Unity 51 They were not under the dischurching cause of as many of the Jews as were dischurched. 1695J. St. N. Widow's Mite 11 The Apostacy..for which the Judgment of Dischurching came upon them. |