Meanings
alternative in church every time the doors are open
- colloquialReligious to the point of excess; ridiculously religious.
I was at church every time the doors were open. I started learning more about the Bible and even got baptized in the back of the church in a toddler pool.
2007, Patrick Irish, The Day God Asked Me a Question1 more example
I am ashamed to admit it now, but for years I operated under the assumption that Christians who didn't show up at church every time the doors were open were somehow lacking in spirituality.
2010, Mark Atteberry, Let It Go: Come Home from Your Guilt Trip, page 70
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseReligious to the point of excess; ridiculously religious.
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