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temple-going

temple-going adjective: regularly attending a temple for worship.

Adjective

temple-going (not comparable)

  1. Regularly attending a temple for worship.
    • The temple-going Zen religious sects2004, Allan Kaprow, Childsplay: The Art of Allan Kaprow, Page 199
    • We need an approach that allows Jesus to articulate a message that can be reasonably attributed to a temple-going Jewish person of the first century CE.2006, Jonathan Klawans, Purity, Sacrifice, and the Temple, page 236

Noun

temple-going (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon) The practice of regularly attending a temple.
    • Although the study of Hindu temple rituals and templegoing is […]2013, Steven Vertovec, The Hindu Diaspora: Comparative Patterns, Page 132

Forms of temple-going

alternative formtemplegoing

Origin of temple-going

From temple + going.

Questions about temple-going

What does temple-going mean?
Temple-going means regularly attending a temple for worship.
What part of speech is temple-going?
Temple-going can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near temple-going in the dictionary

  1. temple viper
  2. temple vipers
  3. Temple-Baraitser syndrome
  4. temple-goer
  5. temple-goers
  6. temple-going
  7. temple-prostitute
  8. temple-prostitutes
  9. Templeborough
  10. Templecombe
  11. templed

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