churchgoer

[church-goh-er]

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noun

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

Origin of churchgoer

First recorded in 1600–90; church + go¹ + -er¹

Related formschurch·go·ing, nounnon·church·go·er, nounnon·church·go·ing, adjective

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Examples from the Web for churchgoing

Contemporary Examples

For a while, she fell into a depression and abandoned the churchgoing Methodist tradition in which she was reared.
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Lloyd Grove
March 27, 2014

Historical Examples

And when we came to live here, we got out of the habit of churchgoing.
Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905
Various
Churchgoing was, as I have said, no part of his regular life.
Life and Letters of Robert Browning
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
Eva may well say that churchgoing does not seem to make people better.
A City Schoolgirl
May Baldwin
We must try by our own example to make her see that churchgoing does make us feel better.
A City Schoolgirl
May Baldwin
The churchgoing habits of clergy and people on other days than Sundays and holy days are not so easily arrived at.
Parish Priests and Their People in the Middle Ages in England
Edward L. Cutts

British Dictionary definitions for churchgoing

churchgoer

noun

a person who attends church regularly
an adherent of an established Church in contrast to a Nonconformist

Derived Formschurchgoing, noun, adjective

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Examples from the Web for churchgoing

Contemporary Examples

For a while, she fell into a depression and abandoned the churchgoing Methodist tradition in which she was reared.

Historical Examples

And when we came to live here, we got out of the habit of churchgoing.

Churchgoing was, as I have said, no part of his regular life.

Eva may well say that churchgoing does not seem to make people better.

We must try by our own example to make her see that churchgoing does make us feel better.

The churchgoing habits of clergy and people on other days than Sundays and holy days are not so easily arrived at.

churchgoer

Origin of churchgoer