dechurch
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]dechurch (third-person singular simple present dechurches, present participle dechurching, simple past and past participle dechurched)
- (transitive) To expel from membership of a congregation or church; to excommunicate.
- (transitive) To remove churches, or the role of the church, from.
- accusations of dechurching Christianity