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Recent Examples of congregant
The attack in Manchester fell on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement – when synagogues are particularly packed out and congregants come together to perform long services, asking for forgiveness from God and others.
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Peter Wilkinson, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
Hundreds of thousands of dollars are pouring in to support the Grand Blanc Township community after the church attack on Sunday, Sept. 28, left four congregants dead and eight others injured.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Michigan church latest target of gunmen on houses of worship
John Bond
John Bond, 77, was one of four congregants killed in the attack, according to a GoFundMe created by his family.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 30 Sep. 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
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Peter Wilkinson, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
Hundreds of thousands of dollars are pouring in to support the Grand Blanc Township community after the church attack on Sunday, Sept. 28, left four congregants dead and eight others injured.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Michigan church latest target of gunmen on houses of worship
John Bond
John Bond, 77, was one of four congregants killed in the attack, according to a GoFundMe created by his family.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 30 Sep. 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
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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 28 Oct. 2025.
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