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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CHURCHING, n. The act of offering thanks in church after childbirth.

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century the administration or reception of a rite of the church; specifically a ceremony in some churches by which women after childbirth are received in the church with prayers, blessings, and thanksgiving

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Church Church, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Churched; p. pr. & vb. n. Churching.] To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women.