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Recent Examples of congregant
Jesus loved all and extended a hand to everyone, but in many of these countries, extending a hand to a LGBTQ neighbor or congregant would land you in jail.
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
The church is on the National Register of Historic Places and was organized by 73 formerly enslaved congregants.
—Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Similarly, the challengers in the ICE enforcement case assert that DHS was required to, but did not, explain its change after 30 years of congregants relying on places of worship as a refuge from ICE operations.
—Christina Gatti, NPR, 8 Feb. 2025
How else to explain Christian ministers showing off their Rolls Royces while demanding that their congregants buy them $65 million jets... while people nod along and name universities in their honor?
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
The church is on the National Register of Historic Places and was organized by 73 formerly enslaved congregants.
—Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Similarly, the challengers in the ICE enforcement case assert that DHS was required to, but did not, explain its change after 30 years of congregants relying on places of worship as a refuge from ICE operations.
—Christina Gatti, NPR, 8 Feb. 2025
How else to explain Christian ministers showing off their Rolls Royces while demanding that their congregants buy them $65 million jets... while people nod along and name universities in their honor?
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for congregant
Noun
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But here again there are differences between the (smaller group of) regular churchgoers, and the larger group of U.S. Catholics who rarely or never go.—
Jennifer De Pinto,
CBS News,
6 May 2025
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These, among other actions, support the campaign's belief that Trump will motivate record turnout among churchgoers in key battleground states.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2024
Noun
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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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Simon—five years older and strikingly beautiful—works as a political consultant for high-minded left-wing politicians, is a communicant in the Roman Catholic Church, and has considered joining the priesthood.—
Caleb Crain,
The Atlantic,
10 Aug. 2021
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“Congregant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congregant. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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