clip the church en · VERB
Etymology
From Old English clyppan (“to hug, to clasp”).
Meanings
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(UK) To hold hands in an outward-facing ring around a church, an ancient English custom traditionally observed by local communities on Easter Monday, Shrove Tuesday, or the church's saint's day.
In its revived form at Edgmond it constitutes part of the annual “feast” of the parish schools. The charity children clipped the church in Birmingham.
2015, Felicity Trotman, A Year in the Life of Victorian Britain:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| clips the church | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| clipping the church | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| clipped the church | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| clipped the church | Tense=Past | lexicographic |