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*poor as a church mouse and *poor as church mice very poor. (*Also: as ~.) My aunt is as poor as a church mouse. The Browns are poor as church mice. Church ain't out till they quit singing. Rur. things have not yet reached the end. Charlie: No way our team can win now. Mary: Church ain't out till they quit singing. There's another inning to go. church key a two-ended device used to remove bottle tops and to pierce a hole in can lids. I'm looking for the church key so I can open this beer. She opened the can of tomato juice with the church key. See also: key nearer the church, the farther from God Prov. Church officials, or people who live near the church, are not truly pious. Jill: I think our pastor is an evil man. Jane: I didn't think evil men could be pastors. Jill: Of course they can! The nearer the church, the farther from God. See also: god a broad church (British) an organization that includes many different types of people with different opinions The Congress remains a broad church with members from a diversity of backgrounds. See also: broad be as poor as church mice (old-fashioned) to be very poor When we first got married, we were as poor as church mice. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The increased popularity of home churching for missionary families has also influenced Baptist missions efforts. In the course of 9 chapters Orme traces the young person's pathway into life, from "Arriving" through "Growing Up:" The first large segment of the life cycle: pregnancy, birth, baptism and naming, and the churching of the mother through to when children of both sexes were ready (and often willing) to stand on their own--in marriage, in the eyes of canon and common law, and in their trades and professions. We begin by examining The Churching of America: 1776-1990: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy, a scholarly book by two university professors, published in 1992 by Rutgers University Press. |
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