Going to church; esp. regular attendance at church.

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1541.  Coverdale, Chr. State Matrim. Ye churchgoyng and weddyng should not be deferred.

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1860.  Pusey, Min. Proph., 40. ‘Charity is better than Church-going’ … should … mean such Church-going as is severed from Charity.

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  Church-going bell = bell for going to church.

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1781.  Cowper, A. Selkirk, 29. The sound of the church-going bell.

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