Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

temple-going

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English

Syllables: tem-ple--go-ing
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Regularly attending a temple for worship.

noun

The practice of regularly attending a temple.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The temple-going Zen religious sects"
"We need an approach that allows Jesus to articulate a message that can be reasonably attributed to a temple-going Jewish person of the first century CE."
"Even the temple-going Jains know that the Jain ideal is to renounce householder life and to follow the path of their role models such as Mahavira"
"Although the study of Hindu temple rituals and templegoing is […]"

Etymology

From temple + going.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

templegoing (alternative)

Questions

What does temple-going mean?: Regularly attending a temple for worship.
Where does temple-going come from?: From temple + going.

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