• Churchgoing

    Origin

    church + going

    Full definition of churchgoing

    Adjective

    churchgoing

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

    Noun

    churchgoing

    (countable and uncountable; plural churchgoings)
    1. The practice of regularly attending church.
      • 1994, Clair Brown, American Standards of Living, 1918-1988: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.
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