churchgoer

noun

church·​go·​er ˈchərch-ˌgō-ər 

: one who habitually attends church

churchgoing

ˈchərch-ˌgō-iŋ 

-ˌgȯ(-)iŋ

adjective or noun

Examples of churchgoer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In June 2015, just 150 miles (241 kilometers) from Hamburg, a white supremacist gunman entered the historically Black Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, and opened fire, killing nine churchgoers. — Jacob Ware, The Conversation, 31 July 2026

Meanwhile, Catholic and Orthodox churchgoers consume red wine during communion. — Tim Brinkhof, Time, 23 July 2026

Nostalgic churchgoers will clean this dish off (after making their kids try it, of course). — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 11 July 2026

Sutton points to, among other factors, a gap between the progressive stances adopted by mainline clergy and the more conservative views of the average mainline churchgoer. — Michael Luo, New Yorker, 14 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1598, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for churchgoer

• blower
• goer
• grower
• jowar
• knower
• lower
• mower
• rower
• slower
• sower
• thrower
• whistleblower