kirkgoer

English

Alternative forms

• kirk-goer

Etymology

From kirk +‎ goer.

Noun

kirkgoer (plural kirkgoers)

1. (Scotland) Someone who goes to kirk; a churchgoer. [from 18th c.]
   • 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.