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.

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They are now being safely stored in the home of a congregant. —

Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025 Its congregants were Anglicans, a minority compared to the many Puritans living in Boston during the colonial era. —

Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 The project, helmed by directors Radha Mehta and Saif Jaan, explores the story of an imam facing a moral crossroads between upholding traditional mosque values and protecting a male congregant’s spiritual journey. —

Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 Dec. 2024 Bowers killed 11 congregants after storming the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018 in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. —

Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for congregant