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church-going

church-going is the alternative form of churchgoing.

Meaning of churchgoing

Adjective

churchgoing (not comparable)

  1. Regularly attending church; being a practicing Christian.
    • Depend upon it, it is the more coarse and unrefined portion of the community who outrage the feelings of churchgoing people by Sabbath desecration.1854, Fanny Fern, Fern Leaves from Fanny's Portfolio

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Forms of church-going

comparativemore church-going
superlativemost church-going

Questions about church-going

What is church-going the alternative form of?
Church-going is the alternative form of churchgoing.

Words near church-going in the dictionary

  1. church-ales
  2. church-door
  3. church-doors
  4. church-goer
  5. church-goers
  6. church-going
  7. church-load
  8. church-loads
  9. Church-of-Englandism
  10. church-ridden
  11. Church-Rosser properties

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