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churchgoing en · ADJ

Etymology

From church + going.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Regularly attending church; being a practicing Christian.
   • Depend upon it, it is the more coarse and unrefined portion of the community who outrage the feelings of churchgoing people by Sabbath desecration. 1854, Fanny Fern, Fern Leaves from Fanny's Portfolio:

Coordinates

temple-going · synagogue-going · mosque-going

Deriveds

nonchurchgoing

Translations (5)

pl wierzący (regularly attending church) · fi kirkossa käyvä (regularly attending church) · hu templomba járó (regularly attending church) · fr pratiquant (regularly attending church) · el εκκλησιαζόμενος (regularly attending church)

churchgoing en · NOUN

Etymology

From church + going.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The practice of regularly attending church.
   • In the midst of depression, religious activities rose in importance and more families went to church than even in 1918, when churchgoing was the most important social activity. 1994, Clair Brown, American Standards of Living, 1918-1988:

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