church-going
Attending religious services
Church-going describes regular attendance at religious services, or a person who attends regularly: Her church-going parents disapproved of the relationship.
The term can carry connotations of conventional respectability or piety, sometimes with a hint of judgment: a church-going family, church-going folk.
First or seventh day
- weeklyEvery seven days
- regularOccurring at fixed intervals
- attendanceRecord of who's present
- serviceAid or maintenance
sabbath · observance · habit · routine · devout · faithful · committed · consistent
Of faith or worship
- devoutDeeply religious, sincere
- piousFaithfully devoted to worship
- observantNoticing things readily
- faithfulConsistently loyal and true
believer · practicing · traditionalist · conservative · moral · righteous · respectable · upstanding
Aid or maintenance
- sermonClergy's worship address
- hymnReligious song of praise
- prayerAddress to deity
- liturgyFormal worship structure
mass · communion · vespers · choir · scripture · psalms · homily · blessing
Assembled group of worshippers
- parishionersMembers of local congregation
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- worshipersThose who show reverence
- believersThose having faith
flock · laity · congregant · pew · gathering · belonging · socializing · potluck
Sunday
First or seventh day
- weeklyEvery seven days
- regularOccurring at fixed intervals
- attendanceRecord of who's present
service · sabbath · observance · habit · routine · devout · faithful · committed · consistent · punctual
religious
Of faith or worship
faithful · believer · practicing · traditionalist · conservative · moral · righteous · respectable · upstanding · spiritual
service
Aid or maintenance
liturgy · mass · communion · vespers · choir · scripture · psalms · homily · blessing · altar
congregation
Assembled group of worshippers
- parishionersMembers of local congregation
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- worshipersThose who show reverence
believers · flock · laity · congregant · pew · gathering · belonging · socializing · potluck · greeting
Sunday best
Finest clothing, special occasions
modest · formal · respectable · conservative · gloves · pearls · tie · polished · pressed · proper
church-goinglapsed
Ended through neglect
non-practicing · unchurched · fallen away · irreligious · backsliding
church-goingirreligious
Not devout or pious
secular · nonreligious · atheist · godless · unbelieving