Cheaster

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/ˈt͡ʃiːstə(ɹ)/

noun

A person who attends religious services only twice a year, at Christmas and Easter.

Scrabble 13

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nounCheaster (plural Cheasters)

plural Cheasters

  1. slangA person who attends religious services only twice a year, at Christmas and Easter.

    Up to that point, we were Methodist Cheasters, as Martin called us. Went to a protestant church only on Christmas and Easter. We had a general faith in a Greater Being, but not much attention was paid to spiritual matters.

    2016, Ted Haynie, Ted's Shorts: One Man's Thoughts, page 310

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