Definition of "church-membership" []

• Membership in a church. (noun)
• The collective body of members of a church. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Women being more empathizing leads them to be more sociable than men which leads to church-membership; and also more 'spiritual' than men - which may be unconnected with church-going but instead related more to New Age-type consumption and lifestyle patterns."
• "And the church-membership surveys Ms. Duin cites do not include nondenominational churches."
• "For men in particular it is often difficult to ascertain where we are, as we often tend to focus on what we do and what we have, which might actually camouflage a deep sense of isolation hiding beneath the facade of degrees, stocks, bonds, church-membership growth, or whatever you deem as a measuring stick of achievement."