temple-goer

Shrine's regular visitor

A temple-goer is someone who regularly attends a temple for worship or religious practice.

The term applies across traditions—Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Mormon, or any faith whose places of worship are called temples: The temple-goers gathered for the morning prayers.

Compare churchgoer.

worship

prayer

Address to deity

  • ritualCeremonial set of actions
  • ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
  • pujaHindu worship ritual

aarti · chanting · mantra · offerings · incense · prostration · altar · deity · sanctum · congregant

devotion

devout

Deeply religious, sincere

believer · prayerful · observant · religious · godly · righteous · fervent · zealous · orthodox · sanctified

pilgrimage

pilgrim

Religious journey-taker

  • journeyTravel from place to place
  • yatraSouth Asian religious journey
  • shrineSacred devotional place

sanctuary · mecca · darshan · sacred site · vow · penance · offerings · relics · procession · circumambulation

spiritual

meditation

Focused attention practice

nirvana · moksha · zen · chakra · yoga · satori · reincarnation · ascetic · guru · swami

Opposites
religious practice and attendance

temple-goerbackslider

One who reverts

apostate · fallen away · unchurched · non-practicing

faith and belief

temple-goeratheist

One denying gods exist

nonbeliever · unbeliever · infidel · skeptic · agnostic

Family

temple, temples, contemplate, contemplated, contemplation, goer, contemplative, contemplates, goers

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