kirkgoer

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Etymology

From kirk +‎ goer.

Noun

kirkgoer (plural kirkgoers)

  1. (Scotland) Someone who goes to kirk; a churchgoer.
    • 1888, Robert Louis Stevenson, letter:
      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.
    • 1976, Angela Carter, “My Father's House”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 20:
      But this lady has the stern face of a kirk-goer.