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Recent Examples of churchgoer
Many churchgoers view the schemes as acts of Christian stewardship.
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Chris Baraniuk, Wired News, 13 Nov. 2025
Profaci is not a regular churchgoer, but his mother has the family covered.
—Susan Mulcahy, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Since then, his daughter, Kerri Rawson, has publicly discussed having to reconcile the truth about her father, a churchgoer and former Cub Scout leader, with the reality of his vicious crimes.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
But by late Sunday morning, when the worshippers had just finished the Sacrament, the attack began, a churchgoer named Paula told CNN affiliate WXYZ.
—Holly Yan, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
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Chris Baraniuk, Wired News, 13 Nov. 2025
Profaci is not a regular churchgoer, but his mother has the family covered.
—Susan Mulcahy, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Since then, his daughter, Kerri Rawson, has publicly discussed having to reconcile the truth about her father, a churchgoer and former Cub Scout leader, with the reality of his vicious crimes.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
But by late Sunday morning, when the worshippers had just finished the Sacrament, the attack began, a churchgoer named Paula told CNN affiliate WXYZ.
—Holly Yan, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 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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One congregant dressed up as Judah Smith for Halloween — beanie, glasses, Bible in hand — and shows off a photo.—
Sam Kestenbaum,
Vulture,
2 Jan. 2026
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Rodriguez was a regular congregant at the church, and inquired about taking over the space if Little Sprouts left.—
Lauren Hilgers,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 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 23 Jan. 2026.
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