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Recent Examples of churchgoer
Examples of attacks include everything from graffiti and destruction of statues to arsonists destroying entire churches and assailants attacking churchgoers with deadly weapons.
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Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2025
Multiple churchgoers gunned down after suspect shoots state trooper in wild rampage.
—FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
Two of the churchgoers, both women, were killed, officials said.
—ABC News, 13 July 2025
Dinneen deemed it a work of filth that never should have passed the Chicago Board of Censors and been allowed to contaminate the locals, especially unwitting churchgoers.
—Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
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Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2025
Multiple churchgoers gunned down after suspect shoots state trooper in wild rampage.
—FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
Two of the churchgoers, both women, were killed, officials said.
—ABC News, 13 July 2025
Dinneen deemed it a work of filth that never should have passed the Chicago Board of Censors and been allowed to contaminate the locals, especially unwitting churchgoers.
—Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for churchgoer
Noun
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Nonetheless, the event’s atmosphere reliably turns Lincoln Center into a hive of cinematic energy, and the impatient desire that draws audiences through the doors provides a sense of like-minded communicants at the movie altar.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
25 Sep. 2025
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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
Noun
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Now, both the church leader and congregant say the post misrepresented what happened.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Synagogues and Jewish organizations faced coordinated bomb threats, creating disruption and concern for congregants and requiring extensive law enforcement responses.—
Samantha Joseph,
Boston Herald,
7 Oct. 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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Philosophical critics and subsequent scientific inquiry heaped doubt on Kant’s objectivism, and advancing secularism rendered for many his theist explanation for the morally reasoning immortal soul somewhat antique.—
Gerard Baker,
WSJ,
13 Feb. 2023
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“Churchgoer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/churchgoer. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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