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churchgoer

churchgoer

11 3.2
A person who goes to church regularly
  • noun
  • /ˈtʃɜːrʧˌɡoʊər/
: feligrés
  • Every Sunday, the churchgoer attends the morning service with her family.
  • a regular churchgoer

I mean, I don't know, we there might be some some regular churchgoers who who are interested in it too.

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Examples

  • Upon what does your church depend to draw new churchgoers and to retain those who already attend?

    Blog text (23)
  • Sutphin's car pulls to a stop at a red light next to a car full of churchgoers.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • And it was a young man, churchgoer, good family.

  • Although a professed Christian, the churchgoer believed her.

    Academic text (2000)
  • I ask because I know you're a churchgoer.

  • My husband is a good man, Father, but he's not a big churchgoer.

  • Some of them are career women, wives, mothers, Girl Guide leaders, churchgoers, and so on.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • I think part of the reason was because they weren't churchgoers.

  • I'm a churchgoer.

  • The fervent churchgoers, both Tutsi and Hutu, have lived through the genocide experience, I realize.

    Academic text (2010)

Synonyms

parishioner
vschurchgoer
48 6.0

A person who belongs to and goes to a local church

describes regular attendance without implying formal parish membership
church member
vschurchgoer
28 2.2

A person who regularly goes to church and is part of its community

focuses only on regular attendance without community membership
worshiper
vschurchgoer
  • US
22 3.2

A person who goes to a place like a church to show respect to someone they think is holy

focuses on regular attendance at services rather than personal devotion
congregant
vschurchgoer
12 6.4

A person who often goes to a church or synagogue

refers specifically to regular attendance at church services

How Devout

evangelist
27 6.7
gospeller
1 9.9
preacher
249 3.2
believer
335 3.2
churchgoer
11 3.2
nonbeliever
12 5.2

Surface Forms

churchgoer singular
churchgoers plural

Morphology

churchgoer = church + goer (transparent) = church + go + er

The compound combines the clear noun 'church' with 'goer' (person who goes), yielding a straightforward meaning 'person who goes to church'.

Etymology

Churchgoer is made of two parts: church, from an old word meaning 'a place for worship', and goer, a simple word for someone who 'goes' to a place. So a churchgoer is someone who regularly goes to church.