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churchgoing

churchgoing adjective: regularly attending church; being a practicing Christian.

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

Noun

churchgoing (countable and uncountable, plural churchgoings)

  1. The practice of regularly attending church.
    • In the midst of depression, religious activities rose in importance and more families went to church than even in 1918, when churchgoing was the most important social activity.1994, Clair Brown, American Standards of Living, 1918-1988

Forms of churchgoing

pluralchurchgoings

Origin of churchgoing

From church + going.

Words formed from churchgoing

Questions about churchgoing

What does churchgoing mean?
Churchgoing means regularly attending church; being a practicing Christian.
What part of speech is churchgoing?
Churchgoing can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near churchgoing in the dictionary

  1. churchful
  2. churchfuls
  3. Churchgate
  4. churchgoer
  5. churchgoers
  6. churchgoing
  7. churchgoings
  8. Churchhill
  9. churchhouse
  10. churchhouses
  11. Churchian

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