Meanings
- not comparableRegularly attending church; being a practicing Christian.
Depend upon it, it is the more coarse and unrefined portion of the community who outrage the feelings of churchgoing people by Sabbath desecration.
1854, Fanny Fern, Fern Leaves from Fanny's Portfolio
plural churchgoings
- countableuncountableThe practice of regularly attending church.
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.
1994, Clair Brown, American Standards of Living, 1918-1988
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveactively practicing a religion
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Finnish kirkossa käyvä
- kirkossa käyväregularly attending church
French pratiquant
- pratiquantregularly attending church
Greek εκκλησιαζόμενος
- εκκλησιαζόμενος (ekklisiazómenos)regularly attending church
Hungarian templomba járó
- templomba járóregularly attending church
Polish wierzący
- wierzącyregularly attending church
Cite this entry
churchgoing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/churchgoing
“churchgoing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/churchgoing. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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