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See also: church-going
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
churchgoing (not comparable)
- Regularly attending church; being a practicing Christian.
- 1854, Fanny Fern, Fern Leaves from Fanny's Portfolio:
- Depend upon it, it is the more coarse and unrefined portion of the community who outrage the feelings of churchgoing people by Sabbath desecration.
Coordinate terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
regularly attending church
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Noun[edit]
churchgoing (countable and uncountable, plural churchgoings)
- The practice of regularly attending church.
- 1994, Clair Brown, American Standards of Living, 1918-1988:
- 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.