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churched

churched

1 7.9
A person who goes to church regularly or who was raised with church traditions
  • adjective
  • /tʃɜrʧt/
translation icon : religioso
  • The churched population in the town often volunteers together to help those in need.

Examples

  • Many families in the community are churched, regularly attending Sunday services and participating in church events.

  • That wouldn't be a problem except that, as we all know, drug use is not just harmless fun; it is a potent mixture of drug and evil that takes good churched boys and turns them into butt-sex obsessed zombies who will, without fail, murder your family and rape your children.

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  • Conservatives already need to learn to speak to urban voters; why not start with the most churched members of the city?

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  • So are you churched?

  • Our children are Michael Jordaned and Jacksoned, mega-churched, Nintendoed, and MTV'd out of their uniqueness.

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  • Get rid of all the married white guys, pander to Mexicans with TV ads in Mexico, tell them it's Bush's fault, watch the remaining people who want the GOP label, and watch them choke on their Frappes; get rid of all the churched people who actually believe that our Republic will only stand with a true religious pursuit.

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  • After growing up in a churched household, she continues to practice her faith every week.

Synonyms

religious
vschurched
2.7

Believing in gods or spiritual ideas

focuses on habitual attendance or being raised with traditions rather than mere belief
churchgoing
vschurched
3 3.9

Someone who goes to church regularly and takes part in services

covers being raised with religious traditions rather than actively attending services

Antonyms

143 4.7

Not connected with religion, about everyday and public life

3 8.6

Not interested in religion or being against it

How Religious

devout
55 5.7
churched
1 7.9
nonreligious
3 4.1

Surface Forms

churched positive

Morphology

churched = church (transparent) = church + ed

Formed by the regular adjectival/past-participial suffix '-ed' on 'church', conveying 'having been to or influenced by church', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word churched comes from the simple word church, which originally meant 'taken to church' for a service. So to be churched is to have been raised with church traditions or to go to church regularly.