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at church every time the doors are open

at church every time the doors are open prepositional phrase: religious to the point of excess; ridiculously religious.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (colloquial) Religious to the point of excess; ridiculously religious.
    • I was at church every time the doors were open. I started learning more about the Bible and even got baptized in the back of the church in a toddler pool.2007, Patrick Irish, The Day God Asked Me a Question
    • I am ashamed to admit it now, but for years I operated under the assumption that Christians who didn't show up at church every time the doors were open were somehow lacking in spirituality.2010, Mark Atteberry, Let It Go: Come Home from Your Guilt Trip, page 70

Synonyms of at church every time the doors are open

Forms of at church every time the doors are open

alternative formin church every time the doors are open

Questions about at church every time the doors are open

What does at church every time the doors are open mean?
At church every time the doors are open means religious to the point of excess; ridiculously religious.
What part of speech is at church every time the doors are open?
At church every time the doors are open is a prepositional phrase.

Words near at church every time the doors are open in the dictionary

  1. at bats
  2. at bay
  3. at best
  4. at bottom
  5. at call
  6. at church every time the doors are open
  7. at church every time the doors swing open
  8. at command
  9. at cost
  10. at cross-purposes
  11. at daggers drawn

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