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
In the film Between Two Temples, released last month, a retired music teacher in upstate New York undergoes bat mitzvah preparations in late adulthood, mirroring real-life rituals in the Jewish tradition offered to older congregants at certain synagogues.
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Valerie Trapp, The Atlantic, 25 Sep. 2024
Last week, Sara Duterte apologized to the congregants of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ for urging them to vote for Marcos, who was her running mate in the 2022 election.
—Aurora Almendral, NBC News, 9 Sep. 2024
At the wave of his hand, congregants would fall to the floor shrieking and convulsing in rapturous hysterics.
—Laura Bullard, Vox, 20 Sep. 2024
Saudi Arabia has maintained that Bayoumi was a student devoutly involved with a San Diego mosque whose congregants unknowingly helped the hijackers out of hospitality to the newcomers who did not speak English..
—Lauren Del Valle, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
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Valerie Trapp, The Atlantic, 25 Sep. 2024
Last week, Sara Duterte apologized to the congregants of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ for urging them to vote for Marcos, who was her running mate in the 2022 election.
—Aurora Almendral, NBC News, 9 Sep. 2024
At the wave of his hand, congregants would fall to the floor shrieking and convulsing in rapturous hysterics.
—Laura Bullard, Vox, 20 Sep. 2024
Saudi Arabia has maintained that Bayoumi was a student devoutly involved with a San Diego mosque whose congregants unknowingly helped the hijackers out of hospitality to the newcomers who did not speak English..
—Lauren Del Valle, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
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“Congregant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/congregant. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
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