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单词 non-churchgoing
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non-churchgoingn.

Brit. /nɒnˈtʃəːtʃɡəʊɪŋ/, U.S. /nɑnˈtʃərtʃˌɡoʊɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: non- prefix, churchgoing n.
Etymology: < non- prefix + churchgoing n. Compare earlier non-churchgoer n., non-churchgoing adj.
The action or practice of not attending a church regularly or at all.
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1899 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 4 624 Reasons I receive for non-churchgoing.
1916 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 22 188 In relatively few cases..is conscious skepticism the cause of non-church-going.
1992 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 64 323 Widespread non-church-going among the poor generally.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

non-churchgoingadj.

Brit. /nɒnˈtʃəːtʃɡəʊɪŋ/, U.S. /nɑnˈtʃərtʃˌɡoʊɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: non- prefix, churchgoing adj.
Etymology: < non- prefix + churchgoing adj.
Of a person: not in the habit of attending a church.
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1857 T. Guthrie City 198 Twelve districts, containing 12,194 habitually non-churchgoing families.
1924 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 29 690 Why should the excitability of one crowd express itself in whipping non-church-going farmers?
1948 A. C. Kinsey et al. Sexual Behavior Human Male xiii. 469 The sexually most active individuals are the non-church-going Catholics.
1993 R. Goldstein Strange Attractors 193 What was so goddamned interesting to Clean Luke of the nonchurchgoing McCleans about my father's being a rabbi?
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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