Usually means: Traditional festive ale fundraising event.
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  1. church-ale: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. church-ale: Wordnik
  3. church-ale: Wiktionary
  4. Church-ale: Dictionary.com
  5. Church-ale: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. church-ale: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Church-ale: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. church-ale: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. church-ale: Free Dictionary
  10. Church-ale: Dictionary/thesaurus

Definitions from Wiktionary (church-ale)

noun:  (historical) A church or parish festival (as in commemoration of the dedication of a church), at which much ale was drunk.
noun:  The strong ale brewed for this purpose.

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