unchurch

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> Sorry, if you remove donations to their own churches, the unchurched do better. That result is both unsurprising and meaningless.

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exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"

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verb

exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"

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verb

exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"

Example sentences

> Sorry, if you remove donations to their own churches, the unchurched do better. That result is both unsurprising and meaningless.

We want to retain some kind of Jewish institution, a synagogue or temple, if only because the Gentiles have their churches and look with suspicion on the unchurched. Eh?

Paradoxically, I can't find my way through to agree with any kind of traditional Christian theology either, so I will remain unchurched.

I dunno, about the only thing I know of the word is it means someone who isn't jewish, which is a very wide range of people, so I find it hard to believe that jewish people in general are worrying that gentiles in general are looking with suspicion on the unchurched, I mean, what about all the buddhists, for instance? They aren't going to care, and there's loads of them.

I mean, I understand that many people do not understand this, but I have found that atheists and the unchurched cannot comprehend just how substantial most church support programs are. In my old parish, my wife and I practically lived at the place and when we had our first baby, we got free baby-sitting, meals, company, etc, even though we were far from our families.