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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This round includes $200,000 for Chabad of Poway, which in 2019 was the target of a gunman who stormed in and killed a congregant and injured three people, including a child, her uncle and a rabbi.
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Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
In Louisiana, Democrats raised concerns about mandatory jail time for disrupting services and warned that the laws were too arbitrary, suggesting that they could be applied against a congregant for singing out of turn as a pastor delivers a homily.
—Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
At the end of the night, one of our young adult congregants approached me.
—Debra Newman Kamin, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
While watching a video about the Protestant church in Cuba, Calderon was proud to see the congregants singing his grandfather’s hymn.
—Richard J. Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 May 2026
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Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
In Louisiana, Democrats raised concerns about mandatory jail time for disrupting services and warned that the laws were too arbitrary, suggesting that they could be applied against a congregant for singing out of turn as a pastor delivers a homily.
—Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
At the end of the night, one of our young adult congregants approached me.
—Debra Newman Kamin, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
While watching a video about the Protestant church in Cuba, Calderon was proud to see the congregants singing his grandfather’s hymn.
—Richard J. Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for congregant
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“Congregant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/congregant. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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