单词 | non-churchgoer |
释义 | non-churchgoern. A person who does not attend a church regularly or at all. ΚΠ 1856 Bible Defender 28 June 412 It was a motley group, or series of groups, of non-churchgoers. 1882 N.Y. Times 28 Aug. 2/3 As our City increases in population, the ratio of the Roman Catholic and the non-church-goer increases. 1909 Outlook 11 Dec. 835/1 The religious folk do not credit Christ's kingdom with the success it has attained in the hearts of the non-churchgoer 1963 K. H. Seibel Joyful Christmas Craft Bk. 180 How wonderful that effect is upon them—not only upon Christians but upon the non-church-goer, the Scrooge, even the non-Christian. 2008 A. C. Brooks in P. H. Shuck & J. Q. Wilson Understanding Amer. xviii. 551 The churchgoer will still be 21 percentage points more likely to make a charitable gift of money during the year than the non-churchgoer. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1856 |
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