congregant
noun
con·gre·gant
ˈkäŋ-gri-gənt 
: one who congregates
specifically
: a member of a congregation
Examples of congregant in a Sentence
A small number of congregants had assembled for Midnight Mass.
The church depends on the financial support of its congregants.
Recent Examples on the Web
Down the road, the white paint peeled on Antioch Baptist Church, where the KKK had once harassed congregants and a white man shot a Black man dead as people gathered for a funeral.
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Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 18 May 2024
The program includes footage of Suzanne Bearman, a longtime congregant, at a public forum as a young woman, describing the need for laws to enforce desegregation because good intentions were not enough.
—Rick Rojas, New York Times, 9 May 2024
Bock noted that congregants at Saints Paul and Peter are a diverse group, including Russians and Mexicans.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2024
As many speakers pointed out, the proposal would call for 40 Catholic churches — many of whose histories date back generations — to be absorbed into others as part of new, larger parishes, an excruciating prospect for many longtime congregants.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2024
The tour is guided by congregants who studied this history for months.
—Rick Rojas, New York Times, 9 May 2024
Immediately, a church congregant runs up behind the armed suspect, tackles him and Germany and another churchgoer help disarm the suspect on the ground.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
The program moved medically vulnerable people from the streets and congregant shelters into empty hotel and motel rooms in an effort to isolate them and reduce their risk of contracting COVID-19.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacramento Bee, 7 May 2024
Additionally, there is a blessing of baskets containing foods that congregants abstained from during Lent.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2024
Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 18 May 2024
The program includes footage of Suzanne Bearman, a longtime congregant, at a public forum as a young woman, describing the need for laws to enforce desegregation because good intentions were not enough.
—Rick Rojas, New York Times, 9 May 2024
Bock noted that congregants at Saints Paul and Peter are a diverse group, including Russians and Mexicans.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2024
As many speakers pointed out, the proposal would call for 40 Catholic churches — many of whose histories date back generations — to be absorbed into others as part of new, larger parishes, an excruciating prospect for many longtime congregants.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2024
The tour is guided by congregants who studied this history for months.
—Rick Rojas, New York Times, 9 May 2024
Immediately, a church congregant runs up behind the armed suspect, tackles him and Germany and another churchgoer help disarm the suspect on the ground.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
The program moved medically vulnerable people from the streets and congregant shelters into empty hotel and motel rooms in an effort to isolate them and reduce their risk of contracting COVID-19.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacramento Bee, 7 May 2024
Additionally, there is a blessing of baskets containing foods that congregants abstained from during Lent.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2024
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“Congregant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/congregant. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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