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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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
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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
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“Congregant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/congregant. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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