Dechurch

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To expel from membership of a congregation or church; to excommunicate. transitive
  2. 2
    To remove churches, or the role of the church, from. transitive

    "accusations of dechurching Christianity"

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"accusations of dechurching Christianity"

Etymology

From de- + church.

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