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Recent Examples of churchgoer
At the end of every service, churchgoers would pray at the altar to receive the Holy Spirit.
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Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
Not included in the commutations are Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 2013 Boston Marathon bomber; Dylann Roof, a White nationalist who murdered nine Black churchgoers in 2015; and Robert Bowers, who killed 11 people at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018.
—Essence Staff, Essence, 24 Dec. 2024
Still, even as the number of churchgoers has decreased, tree sales have held steady.
—Peter Green, Quartz, 9 Dec. 2024
During Ash Wednesday masses, churchgoers line up to receive their ashes, which are derived from palm branches that are burned after Palm Sunday, a Christian celebration that falls on the Sunday before Easter.
—Ryan Maxin, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Feb. 2024
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Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
Not included in the commutations are Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 2013 Boston Marathon bomber; Dylann Roof, a White nationalist who murdered nine Black churchgoers in 2015; and Robert Bowers, who killed 11 people at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018.
—Essence Staff, Essence, 24 Dec. 2024
Still, even as the number of churchgoers has decreased, tree sales have held steady.
—Peter Green, Quartz, 9 Dec. 2024
During Ash Wednesday masses, churchgoers line up to receive their ashes, which are derived from palm branches that are burned after Palm Sunday, a Christian celebration that falls on the Sunday before Easter.
—Ryan Maxin, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Feb. 2024
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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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On a rainy Sunday morning, a man dressed in all black entered a Virginia church through the back door as congregants were gathered for a service that was in session, according to court documents.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
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Majors says congregants flooded to services dressed in their finest and crowded into the pale wood pews.—
Buffy Gorrilla,
NPR,
28 Feb. 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 25 Mar. 2025.
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