churchgoing

See also: church-going

English

Etymology

From church +‎ going.

Adjective

churchgoing (not comparable)

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.

Coordinate terms

• mosque-going, temple-going, synagogue-going

Derived terms

• nonchurchgoing

 

Translations

regularly attending church

• Finnish: kirkossa käyvä
• French: pratiquant (fr) m
• Hungarian: templomba járó (hu)
• Polish: wierzący (pl)

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.