Dictionary

churchgoer en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁ryós Proto-Hellenic *kúrios Ancient Greek κῡ́ριος (kū́rios) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ακός (-akós) Koine Greek κῡριακός (kūriakós)nom. Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Hellenic *-on Ancient Greek -ον (-on) Koine Greek κῡρῐᾰκόν (kūrĭăkón)bor. Proto-West Germanic *kirikā Old English ċiriċe Middle English chirche English church English goer English churchgoer From church + goer.

Meanings

1. One who regularly goes to church; a practicing Christian.
   • While hudds are consigned to the history books thanks to the invention of the umbrella, they remain a fascinating link to our past and a welcome treat for travelling historians, churchgoers and tourists alike. 2020 January 18, Kate Cherrell, “Hudds, Huds and Hudes: Graveside Shelters of Yesteryear”, in Burials & Beyond, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2021:
   • A forced churchgoer has no religion, a terrified churchgoer has no Christianity, a bribed churchgoer has no morals. 1985, Joy Davidman, Smoke on the Mountain: An Interpretation of the Ten Commandments, →ISBN, page 58:
   • Near-synonym: chapelgoer
   • Well, one Christmas Eve, just like to-night, she thought she would go to the morning service on the Christmas Day, for she was a great church-goer, and so she left out some coffee with the girl before she went to bed, that she might get a cup next morning she was sure a cup of warm coffee would do her a great deal of good at that early hour! 1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 11:

Forms

Coordinates

shrinegoer · temple-goer · shulgoer · synagogue-goer · templegoer · gurdwara-goer · mosque-goer

Deriveds

nonchurchgoer

Hypernyms

person

Relateds

believer · churchwoman · churchman · churchperson

Synonyms

chapelgoer

Translations (30)

fr catholique pratiquant (one who goes to church) · nn kyrkjegangar (one who goes to church) · de Kirchgängerin (one who goes to church) · de Kirchenbesucherin (one who goes to church) · es practicante (one who goes to church) · de Teilnehmerin am Gottesdienst (one who goes to church) · de Gottesdienstbesucherin (one who goes to church) · sv kyrkobesökare (one who goes to church) · nl kerkganger (one who goes to church) · ca practicant (one who goes to church) · pl but see wierzący (one who goes to church) · ga Aifreannach (one who goes to church) · fi kirkossakävijä (one who goes to church) · de Kirchengängerin (one who goes to church) · nl kerkbezoeker (one who goes to church) · pt fiel (one who goes to church) · da kirkegænger (one who goes to church) · de Teilnehmer am Gottesdienst (one who goes to church) · de Kirchgänger (one who goes to church) · mk цркварка (one who goes to church) · fr pratiquant (one who goes to church) · mk црквар (one who goes to church) · de Gottesdienstbesucher (one who goes to church) · it praticante (one who goes to church) · nb kirkegjenger (one who goes to church) · fr chrétien pratiquant (one who goes to church) · de Kirchengänger (one who goes to church) · de Kirchenbesucher (one who goes to church) · tl maninimba (one who goes to church) · nn kyrkjegjengar (one who goes to church)