churchperson
churchperson noun: a person involved with the church; a churchgoer or cleric.
Noun
churchperson (plural churchpersons or churchpeople)
- A person involved with the church; a churchgoer or cleric.
- Even though the ordination of Ellen Barrett was allowed to stand because she admitted publically^([sic]) only her orientation, and refused to discuss the particulars of her relationships, her presence forces churchpeople to consider on what grounds gay relationships can be sanctioned within the...1979 April 28, John Graczak, “The Sacred and the Profane”, in Gay Community News, page 16
- He has been portrayed as both a narrow dogmatist and an ecumenical churchperson; a ruthless inquisitor and a sensitive, caring pastor...1996, Carter Lindberg, The European Reformations
Forms of churchperson
| plural | churchpersons |
|---|---|
| plural | churchpeople |
Origin of churchperson
From church + person.
Questions about churchperson
- What does churchperson mean?
- Churchperson means a person involved with the church; a churchgoer or cleric.
- What part of speech is churchperson?
- Churchperson is a noun.
- What is the plural of churchperson?
- The plural of churchperson is churchpersons.
Words near churchperson in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: churchperson (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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