Meanings
plural churchgoers
- One who regularly goes to church; a practicing Christian.
Near-synonym: chapelgoer
3 more examples
Well, one Christmas Eve, just like to-night, she thought she would go to the morning service on the Christmas Day, for she was a great church-goer, and so she left out some coffee with the girl before she went to bed, that she might get a cup next morning she was sure a cup of warm coffee would do her a great deal of good at that early hour!
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 11A forced churchgoer has no religion, a terrified churchgoer has no Christianity, a bribed churchgoer has no morals.
1985, Joy Davidman, Smoke on the Mountain: An Interpretation of the Ten Commandments, →ISBN, page 58While hudds are consigned to the history books thanks to the invention of the umbrella, they remain a fascinating link to our past and a welcome treat for travelling historians, churchgoers and tourists alike.
2020 January 18, Kate Cherrell, “Hudds, Huds and Hudes: Graveside Shelters of Yesteryear”, in Burials & Beyond, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2021Synonyms: chapelgoer
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who regularly goes to church; a practicing Christian.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna religious person who goes to church regularly
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱuh₁ryós
- Proto-Hellenic*kúrios
- Ancient Greekκῡ́ριος (kū́rios)
- Koine Greekκῡριακός (kūriakós)
- Koine Greekκῡρῐᾰκόν (kūrĭăkón)
- Proto-West Germanic*kirikā
- Old Englishċiriċe
- Middle Englishchirche
- Englishchurch
- Englishgoer
- Englishchurchgoer
Translations
Catalan practicant
- practicantone who goes to church
Danish kirkegænger
- kirkegængerone who goes to church
Dutch kerkganger, kerkbezoeker
- kerkgangerone who goes to church
- kerkbezoekerone who goes to church
Finnish kirkossakävijä
- kirkossakävijäone who goes to church
French pratiquant, chrétien pratiquant
- pratiquantone who goes to church
- chrétien pratiquantone who goes to church
- catholique pratiquantone who goes to church
German Kirchgänger, Kirchgängerin
- Kirchgängerone who goes to church
- Kirchgängerinone who goes to church
- Kirchengängerone who goes to church
- Kirchengängerinone who goes to church
- Gottesdienstbesucherone who goes to church
- Gottesdienstbesucherinone who goes to church
- Kirchenbesucherone who goes to church
- Kirchenbesucherinone who goes to church
- Teilnehmer am Gottesdienstone who goes to church
- Teilnehmerin am Gottesdienstone who goes to church
Irish Aifreannach
- Aifreannachone who goes to church
Italian praticante
- praticanteone who goes to church
Norwegian Bokmål kirkegjenger
- kirkegjengerone who goes to church
Polish but see wierzący
- but see wierzącyone who goes to church
Portuguese fiel
- fielone who goes to church
Spanish practicante
- practicanteone who goes to church
Swedish kyrkobesökare
- kyrkobesökareone who goes to church
Tagalog maninimba
- maninimbaone who goes to church
Cite this entry
churchgoer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/churchgoer
“churchgoer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/churchgoer. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “churchgoer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/churchgoer.
Source: churchgoer on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.