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Recent Examples of churchgoer
Most weekends their customers consist of churchgoers after service or a baptism.
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Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
The minister then directed churchgoers to place stones across the field, to prevent athletes from playing on it.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
Male churchgoers at times escorted Prevost to guard against potential attacks, said Suiberto Vigo, 75, a community leader who worked closely with him.
—Mitra Taj, New York Times, 17 May 2025
In a previous interview, Emry alleged Boswell’s anti-racist preaching upset some churchgoers and was one of the main reasons for the split.
—Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 5 May 2025
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Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
The minister then directed churchgoers to place stones across the field, to prevent athletes from playing on it.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
Male churchgoers at times escorted Prevost to guard against potential attacks, said Suiberto Vigo, 75, a community leader who worked closely with him.
—Mitra Taj, New York Times, 17 May 2025
In a previous interview, Emry alleged Boswell’s anti-racist preaching upset some churchgoers and was one of the main reasons for the split.
—Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for churchgoer
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The North Charles Street resident was a communicant of St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church, 740 N. Calvert Street, where a Memorial Mass will be offered at 1 p.m. June 3, with interment in Arlington National Cemetery.—
Frederick N. Rasmussen,
Baltimore Sun,
14 May 2023
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Simon—five years older and strikingly beautiful—works as a political consultant for high-minded left-wing politicians, is a communicant in the Roman Catholic Church, and has considered joining the priesthood.—
Caleb Crain,
The Atlantic,
10 Aug. 2021
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This stellar, utterly assured debut about the larger-than-life father and son about whom all congregants of the Seven Seals M.B. Church orbit simply crackles on the sentence level.—
Literary Hub
July 1,
Literary Hub,
1 July 2025
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The rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches, whose congregants first gathered outdoors in secret before constructing a wooden meetinghouse in Virginia, started Thursday with a ceremonial groundbreaking.—
Ben Finley,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
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There is a certain irony in that nearly all those cited were people of Christian faith — in order of appearance: practicing Catholic; passionate theist; committed Church of Scotland; and lifelong Lutheran.—
Denis Alexander,
Washington Post,
17 Mar. 2023
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This doesn't mean that more atheist societies are worse than more theist societies (e.g., Estonia vs. Romania).—
Razib Khan,
Discover Magazine,
20 Sep. 2011
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“Churchgoer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/churchgoer. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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