...stands among the Occasional Prayers and Thanksgivings, may be used at the discretion of the Minister. IT The Woman, at the usual time after her delivery, shall...accustomed, or as the Ordinary shall direct ; and then the Minister shall say unto her, T7ORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty X. God, of his goodness, to give...

...Office." PALMER. THE THANKSGIVING OP WOMEN AFTEK CHILD-BIRTH, COlfHONLY CALLED, THE CHURCHING OF WOMEN. T The Woman, at the usual time after her Delivery, shall come into the Church decently appar--lled, and there »hall faieel down in toma cinivi-iiiciit jilitfc, as hath been accustomed or...

...Churching. The rubric directs the woman to "come into the church decently apparelled, and there to kneel down in some convenient place, as hath been accustomed, or as the ordinary shall direct." apparelled.' imp l y the uge of the churc hing veil, •decently The words, "decently apparelled,"...

...veil should be kept by the verger and handed by him to all women who come to be churched.3 She is to ' kneel down in some convenient place, as hath been accustomed, or as the Ordinary shall direct.' The most accustomed place is outside the chancel gates, at a desk or on the steps : in the Prayer Book...

...accompanied by some other married women * (or one at the least), who may kneel behind her. She is to ' kneel down in some convenient place, as hath been accustomed, or as the Ordinary shall direct1. The most accustomed place is outside the chancel or chapel gates, at a desk or on the step...

...Thanksgiving of Women after Child-birth ; commonly called, The Churching of Women.' The direction reads : ' The woman, at the usual time after her delivery, shall come into the church decently apparelled,' etc. 21 ritely. Cf. Jer. Taylor, Real Presence (Latham) : 'After the minister of the holy mysteries...

...service. " This office is to be used immediately after the Nicene Creed in the Eucharistic Service. " The woman at the usual time after her delivery, shall come into the church, decently apparelled with a white Covering or Veil, and there shall kneel down before the Altar or at the rails tlureof."...

...to the chancel; the 1552 Book moved it to a place near the holy table, and the 1662 revision advised "some convenient place, as hath been accustomed, or as the Ordinary shall direct." A pew near the pulpit and reading desk was designated in many churches as "the churching pew." The...

...Thanksgiving of Women after Child-birth; commonly called, The Churching of Women.' The direction reads : ' The woman, at the usual time after her delivery, shall come into the church decently apparelled,' etc. 21 ritely. Cf. Jer. Taylor, Real Presence (Latham): 'After the minister of the holy mysteries...

...But he lost his little sister for good that night; he will never recover her. The churching of woman: (The Woman, at the usual time after her delivery, shall come into the Church decently appareled, and there shall kneel down in some convenient place.) "Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty...