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churchgoing

churchgoing

3 3.9
Someone who goes to church regularly and takes part in services
  • adjective
  • /ˈtʃɜːrʧˌɡoʊɪŋ/
translation icon : asistente a la iglesia
  • It's true, I haven't been a churchgoing man, and maybe that's a bad thing.
  • churchgoing man
  • churchgoing woman
  • churchgoing family

Examples

  • Libby Coe was a modest, churchgoing woman.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • While many read the Bible, most churchgoing Christians are primarily familiar with the biblical passages they hear in their churches.

    Academic text (2015)
  • My mama was a churchgoing lady.

  • One report states that blacks are the most churchgoing group in the entire country.

    Blog text (34)
  • I knew churchgoing black women who didn't speak to Mother anymore.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • There are millions of churchgoing, socially conservative blacks, and they're not thrilled with Obama.

    Blog text (23)
  • And Dolly Twiggs, a decent, churchgoing woman who lived here for years before anybody even heard of this place, can't even walk the beach.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • A longtime neighbor in San Diego, where Holmes grew up, remembers only a "shy guy... a loner" from a churchgoing family.

    Blog text (4)
  • Most white women, like most white men, are churchgoing Christians, a group that is strongly Republican—especially evangelicals, who voted for Romney by almost four to one.

    Blog text (6)
  • He described himself as a committed churchgoing Christian, attending services every Sunday.

Synonyms

religious
vschurchgoing
2.7

Believing in gods or spiritual ideas

focuses on repeated public practice and attendance instead of general belief
devout
vschurchgoing
55 5.7

Very religious and serious about their faith

involves regular attendance and outward practice rather than inner feeling
god-fearing
vschurchgoing
1 5.8

Shows deep respect for God and follows religious rules

shows regular attendance and active practice rather than mostly reverent feeling
churched
vschurchgoing
1 7.9

A person who goes to church regularly or who was raised with church traditions

focus on current regular practice rather than upbringing or heritage
religioso
vschurchgoing
8.7

Showing strong belief in religion

emphasizes belief and feeling rather than regular public practice

Antonyms

3 8.6

Not interested in religion or being against it

A person who does not go to church regularly

How Religious

devout
55 5.7
zealous
18 6.8
churchgoing
3 3.9
nonreligious
3 4.1

Surface Forms

churchgoing positive

Morphology

churchgoing = church + going (transparent) = church + going

A clear compound of 'church' + the gerund 'going', meaning regularly attending church, which is directly inferable from the components.

Etymology

Churchgoing is simply the parts church and going, so it literally means 'going to church'. That's why churchgoing describes someone who regularly attends church or practices their religion.