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temple-going en · ADJ

Etymology

From temple + going.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Regularly attending a temple for worship.
   • We need an approach that allows Jesus to articulate a message that can be reasonably attributed to a temple-going Jewish person of the first century CE. 2006, Jonathan Klawans, Purity, Sacrifice, and the Temple, page 236:
   • Even the temple-going Jains know that the Jain ideal is to renounce householder life and to follow the path of their role models such as Mahavira 2011, Pankaj Jain, Dharma and Ecology of Hindu Communities:
   • The temple-going Zen religious sects 2004, Allan Kaprow, Childsplay: The Art of Allan Kaprow, Page 199

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templegoing		alternative	lexicographic

temple-going en · NOUN

Etymology

From temple + going.

Meanings

1. (uncommon, uncountable) The practice of regularly attending a temple.
   • Although the study of Hindu temple rituals and templegoing is […] 2013, Steven Vertovec, The Hindu Diaspora: Comparative Patterns, Page 132

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templegoing		alternative	lexicographic