church member
18
2.2
- noun
:
miembro de la iglesia
- Now be sure to ask folks if they're regular church members.
- the majority of church members
- many church members
- friends that are church members
Examples
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Gave each church member a nail from the building.
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Two hundred and seventy-five new church members in one church alone.
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A group of church members and friends who took care of me so that she could teach and we could keep our insurance.
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We have checked as many of the former church members as possible.
Fiction book (1991) -
Neighbors, church members, and business friends of my father came and saw the light.
Fiction book (1991) -
Participants reported that fellow church members gave words of encouragement to stay in school.
Academic text (2008) -
At the missions, the adult church members wanted their children to receive secular and religious education.
Academic text (2000) -
It was heartwarming to know that Eva had the support of our friends and fellow church members in her hour of need.
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Iliana was hospitalized for four days, throughout which family and church members prayed for her recovery.
Fiction book (2000) -
It was heartwarming to know that Eva had the support of our friends and fellow church members in her hour of need.
Synonyms
51
6.0
A person who belongs to and goes to a local church
14
3.2
A person who goes to church regularly
14
6.4
A person who often goes to a church or synagogue
2
9.9
A person who regularly receives Holy Communion in a Christian church
How Active
10
3.5
18
2.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who regularly attends and is part of a church community' is directly derivable from combining 'church' (congregation/place/organization) with 'member' (a person in a group). This straightforward noun+noun compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Church member is a compound that joins church, the building and the people who meet there, and member, a part of a group like a limb of a body. Imagine a church as a body and each member as a hand or foot that helps the whole, so the phrase means 'a person who belongs to and takes part in the church community'.