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churchgoing

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: CH ER1 CH G OW2 IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Regularly attending church; being a practicing Christian.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The practice of regularly attending church.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

actively practicing a religion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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History

Etymology

From church + going.

Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: kirkossa käyvä — regularly attending church
  • French: pratiquant — regularly attending church
  • Greek: εκκλησιαζόμενος (ekklisiazómenos) — regularly attending church
  • Hungarian: templomba járó — regularly attending church
  • Polish: wierzący — regularly attending church