Antonyms for churchgoing
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : church-goh-er |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʃɜrtʃˌgoʊ ər |
Definition of churchgoing
- As in religious : adj concerning belief in divinity
- As in God-fearing : adj religious
- And when we came to live here, we got out of the habit of churchgoing.
- Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 » by Various
- Churchgoing was, as I have said, no part of his regular life.
- Extract from : « Life and Letters of Robert Browning » by Mrs. Sutherland Orr
- Eva may well say that churchgoing does not seem to make people better.
- Extract from : « A City Schoolgirl » by May Baldwin
- We must try by our own example to make her see that churchgoing does make us feel better.
- Extract from : « A City Schoolgirl » by May Baldwin
- The churchgoing habits of clergy and people on other days than Sundays and holy days are not so easily arrived at.
- Extract from : « Parish Priests and Their People in the Middle Ages in England » by Edward L. Cutts
- Churchgoing was regarded as something that ought to be a national institution, and as such should be kept up.
- Extract from : « The Passion for Life » by Joseph Hocking
- I trust he is not one of those who think that a churchgoing on their wedding-day is once too often, he said, frankly admiring her.
- Extract from : « Back o' the Moon » by Oliver Onions
- The customary expedient of provincial girls and men in such circumstances is churchgoing.
- Extract from : « Return of the Native » by Thomas Hardy
- Your praying is useless, and your churchgoing mere mockery of God, if you have not plain obedience in you enough for this.
- Extract from : « The Crown of Wild Olive » by John Ruskin
- At this point in the nineteenth century the sermon was the sole reason for churchgoing amongst a vast body of religious people.
- Extract from : « A Changed Man and Other Tales » by Thomas Hardy
Synonyms for churchgoing
- believing
- born-again
- canonical
- churchgoing
- churchly
- clerical
- dedicated
- deistic
- devoted
- devotional
- devout
- divine
- doctrinal
- ecclesiastical
- faithful
- god-fearing
- godly
- goody-goody
- holy
- ministerial
- moral
- orthodox
- pietistic
- pious
- pontifical
- prayerful
- priestly
- pure
- reverent
- righteous
- sacerdotal
- sacred
- sacrosanct
- saintlike
- saintly
- scriptural
- sectarian
- spiritual
- supernatural
- theistic
- theological
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