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▪ I. ˈchurch-going, vbl. n.
Going to church; esp. regular attendance at church.
1541Coverdale Chr. State Matrim., Y⊇ churchgoyng and weddyng should not be deferred. 1860Pusey Min. Proph. 40 ‘Charity is better than Church-going’..should..mean such Church-going as is severed from Charity.
church-going bell = bell for going to church.
1781Cowper A. Selkirk 29 The sound of the church-going bell.
▪ II. ˈchurch-going, a.
Going to church; that habitually attends church.
1712R. H. in Exam. 23 Nov. 747/2 A religious, church-going, professor. 1885Times (Weekly Ed.) 16 Oct. 15/2 A house-going clergy would make a church-going people. |