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Definition of "churchgoer" [church•go•er]

  • One who attends church. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "churchgoer" in a sentence
  • "But Jack, a regular churchgoer, is unkind to his wife and a cynic."
  • "But the U.S. Congregational Life Survey found that the typical American churchgoer is a 50-year old married female."
  • "If you are a Southerner--black or white--and were raised as a churchgoer, that is an unimaginable slip of the tongue."