† church-gang Obs.
[f. church + gang, a going: cf. OFris. kerkgung, ON. kirkjuganga, Sw. kyrkogång, Da. kirkegang, Ger. kirchgang.]
Going to church; attendance at a church; churching of a woman after childbirth.
| c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 9 Alswa his festen..and chirc ȝong and god to donne. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 47 Þre þinges, þat on is childbed, and þat oðer chirchgang and þe þridde þe offring. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 2465 And sum..don for ðe dede chirche-gong. 1297 R. Glouc. (1724) 379 Ȝyf God me wole grace sende Uorto make my chyrchegon [v.r. churche gange], and bringe me of þys bende. Ibid. 380 Me ne myȝte non chyrchegong wyþ out lyȝte do. |