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View synonyms for churchgoer

churchgoer

[ church-goh-er ]

noun

  1. a person who goes goes go to church, especially habitually.
  2. Chiefly British. a member of the Established Church, in contrast to a Nonconformist.


churchgoer

/ ˈtʃɜːtʃˌɡəʊə /

noun

  1. a person who attends church regularly
  2. 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

  • churchgoing noun
  • non·churchgoer noun
  • non·churchgoing adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of churchgoer1

First recorded in 1600–90; church + go 1 + -er 1

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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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