Definition of congregant
:one who congregates;
specifically
:a member of a congregation
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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 of congregant from the Web
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The Star Tribune reports that both congregants and neighbors were shaken by the blast.
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Royal Family Kids is an international organization that recruits and trains church congregants to teach mentoring programs and host weeklong camps for local children in foster care.
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Parents and pastors need to form their children and congregants in the truth.
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Scientology is a religion founded by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard and counts many Hollywood celebrities and movers and shakers as congregants.
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But the 2015 Charleston shooting, in which a white supremacist killed nine congregants at an African-American church, has created an opening for addressing its racial legacy head-on, says civil rights and political organizer Bud Ferillo.
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Bomar is president of the Baptist Ministers Conference of Greater Cincinnati and Vicinity, whose 150 member ministers represent tens of thousands of congregants.
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In recent decades, churches, particularly mainline Protestant, have seen their congregants age and die off, with few young people replenishing the pews.
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Another part of the vigil borrowed from the Quaker tradition of having congregants sit in silence until someone feels compelled to speak.
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First Known Use of congregant
1886
CONGREGANT Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of congregant for English Language Learners
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: a person who is part of a congregation : a person who is attending religious services or who regularly attends religious services
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