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Recent Examples of congregant
Acree said he’s received numerous calls from congregants upset about the possible deployment.
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Mark Sherman, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
One of the pastor's church congregants, Maxim Gadashev, had told him to post it to his social media.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 21 Aug. 2025
After communion, a congregant named Mary (Amanda Seyfried) asks the Reverend to speak with her husband Michael (Philip Ettinger), an environmental activist recently released from jail.
—Roy Scranton
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
Dearborn police blocked off the street as volunteers rolled out blue mats for hundreds of congregants to sit on.
—Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 18 Aug. 2025
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Mark Sherman, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
One of the pastor's church congregants, Maxim Gadashev, had told him to post it to his social media.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 21 Aug. 2025
After communion, a congregant named Mary (Amanda Seyfried) asks the Reverend to speak with her husband Michael (Philip Ettinger), an environmental activist recently released from jail.
—Roy Scranton
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
Dearborn police blocked off the street as volunteers rolled out blue mats for hundreds of congregants to sit on.
—Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for congregant
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Since then, his daughter, Kerri Rawson, has publicly discussed having to reconcile the truth about her father, a churchgoer and former Cub Scout leader, with the reality of his vicious crimes.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
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But by late Sunday morning, when the worshippers had just finished the Sacrament, the attack began, a churchgoer named Paula told CNN affiliate WXYZ.—
Holly Yan,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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Nonetheless, the event’s atmosphere reliably turns Lincoln Center into a hive of cinematic energy, and the impatient desire that draws audiences through the doors provides a sense of like-minded communicants at the movie altar.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
25 Sep. 2025
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The North Charles Street resident was a communicant of St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church, 740 N. Calvert Street, where a Memorial Mass will be offered at 1 p.m. June 3, with interment in Arlington National Cemetery.—
Frederick N. Rasmussen,
Baltimore Sun,
14 May 2023
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“Congregant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congregant. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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