Kirkgoer

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who goes to kirk; a churchgoer. Scotland

    "I am no great kirkgoer, for many reasons — and the sermon's one of them, and the first prayer another, but the chief and effectual reason is the stuffiness."

Example

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"I am no great kirkgoer, for many reasons — and the sermon's one of them, and the first prayer another, but the chief and effectual reason is the stuffiness."

Etymology

From kirk + goer.

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