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Meanings of lapsed in English

No longer active or practicing.

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Examples for "nonchurchgoing"
Examples for "nonchurchgoing"
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Even in our increasingly nonchurchgoing society, death has a way of forcing us into pews and graveyards.
The Irish Times
Usage of lapsed in English
1
The agreement regarding the proposed offer terms had lapsed on Aug. 12.
Reuters
2
Its previous application was filed in September and lapsed six months later.
Reuters
3
However, this Bill stalled and lapsed when the last Dáil was dissolved.
The Irish Times
4
He had a sense of time lapsed; of dreamland thoughts and visions.
The Man
5
He never lapsed into Scotch with her; she had not liked it.
Love Stories
6
The sentence lapsed on technical grounds, but its moral effect was considerable.
Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1
7
Many of the fighting nations have lapsed back into the pre-Jonah era.
Understanding the Scriptures
8
They lapsed into silence, swinging easily to the guidance of the music.
Bob Hampton of Placer
9
Her mother sighed and lapsed into the creaking comfort of her rocking-chair.
Jewel Weed
10
They lapsed into silence, and after a time crept together in silence.
The Voyage Out
11
So he lapsed away from consciousness, in unutterable sick abandon of life.
England, My England
12
The Judge lapsed into a thinking pause, hands clasped under his chin.
The stand
13
But he had lapsed back into the methods of his unskilled novitiate.
The Adventures of Sally
14
We lapsed into silence amid the talk on each side of us.
Jaffery
15
The red automaton opposite lapsed into silence, nodded, and followed his example.
The Return of the Native
16
There is a claim that, towards the end, he lapsed into depression.
The Guardian
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