Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.