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churchgoer
/ ˈtʃɜːtʃˌɡəʊə /
noun
- a person who attends church regularly
- an adherent of an established Church in contrast to a Nonconformist
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Derived Forms
- ˈchurchˌgoing, nounadjective
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Other Words From
- churchgoing noun
- non·churchgoer noun
- non·churchgoing adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of churchgoer1
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Example Sentences
He was a regular churchgoer, and once claimed that The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis was his all-time favorite book.
Any churchgoer hoping for more spiritual sustenance went hungry.
She was not a particularly devout young person, but she had been a regular churchgoer at Zenith.
Her husband was a good, honest, upright man—a steady churchgoer and zealous worker in many ways.
He became, therefore, all of a sudden, a violent churchgoer.
He was a steady churchgoer, and his favorite divine, the preacher at his court chapel, was none other than Uytenbogaert.
He is no great churchgoer; yet, when he meets his parish priest, he touches his cap, but almost as he would touch it to an equal.
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