congregant

noun

con·gre·gant ˈkäŋ-gri-gənt

Synonyms of congregant next

: one who congregates

specifically : a member of a congregation

Example Sentences

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 Candy Montgomery, a dissatisfied housewife, began an affair with Allan Gore, husband of her friend and fellow congregant Betty. —

Jessica Wang, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2022 Her melismatic runs sent a female congregant into spasms of holy hysterics. —

Robert Marovich, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2022 When a Bethel congregant shared Morrison's book, the two church communities realized the path to healing could start close to home. —

Erin Donaghue, CBS News, 23 July 2021 The gunman killed one congregant, Lori Gilbert-Kaye, 60, and injured three other people, including an 8-year-old girl. —

Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2022 That’s a fusion Beatrice Chartrand, a congregant at St. Kateri, found only later in her life. —

Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 July 2022 A month into their correspondence, Zoosman mentioned that a congregant needed a kidney. —

María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 12 July 2022 Jacki Sundheim was a teacher at Gates of Learning Preschool early in her career and was a lifelong congregant and beloved staff member of North Shore Congregation Israel (NSCI) in Glencoe, Illinois. —

Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2022 Jacki Sundheim was a dedicated, lifelong congregant and a staff member at North Shore Congregation Israel for decades, according to the synagogue, which confirmed her death in a statement on its website. —

Cady Stanton, USA TODAY, 5 July 2022 See More

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