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churchgoer

churchgoer

14 3.2
A person who goes to church regularly
  • noun
  • /ˈtʃɜːrʧˌɡoʊər/
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  • 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
51 6.0

A person who belongs to and goes to a local church

describes regular attendance without implying formal parish membership
worshiper
vschurchgoer
  • US
19 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
church member
vschurchgoer
18 2.2

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

focuses only on regular attendance without community membership
congregant
vschurchgoer
14 6.4

A person who often goes to a church or synagogue

refers specifically to regular attendance at church services

How Devout

evangelist
18 6.7
gospeller
9.9
preacher
291 3.2
believer
343 3.2
churchgoer
14 3.2
nonbeliever
14 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.