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Recent Examples of churchgoer
For hundreds of years, music has invoked feelings of faith and unity among churchgoers in ways that simple, spoken prayer cannot do.
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Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The churchgoers immediately began to provide aid and called 911, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 28 June 2025
Traditionally, even before the official holiday was declared, vendors sold carnations for churchgoers to wear, red for those whose mother was living and white for those whose mother had died.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 2 May 2025
Advertisement The psychological thriller, out on March 21, reaches a boiling point in this moment, and one that would be hard to predict at the film’s start, which sees Min-chan as a mild-mannered pastor trying his best to offer solace and guidance to his dwindling flock of churchgoers.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
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Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The churchgoers immediately began to provide aid and called 911, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 28 June 2025
Traditionally, even before the official holiday was declared, vendors sold carnations for churchgoers to wear, red for those whose mother was living and white for those whose mother had died.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 2 May 2025
Advertisement The psychological thriller, out on March 21, reaches a boiling point in this moment, and one that would be hard to predict at the film’s start, which sees Min-chan as a mild-mannered pastor trying his best to offer solace and guidance to his dwindling flock of churchgoers.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 20 Mar. 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
Noun
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After communion, a congregant named Mary (Amanda Seyfried) asks the Reverend to speak with her husband Michael (Philip Ettinger), an environmental activist recently released from jail.—
Roy Scranton
August 20,
Literary Hub,
20 Aug. 2025
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Aparicio is part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, or ELCA, in Waukesha and ministers to about 55 Spanish-speaking congregants.—
Sophie Carson,
jsonline.com,
15 July 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 11 Sep. 2025.
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