congregant

noun

con·gre·gant ˈkäŋ-gri-gənt

: one who congregates

specifically : a member of a congregation

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.

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Its employees are some of its most devoted congregants. —

Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 27 Sep. 2024 After services, buses took congregants straight to early polling places. —

Colleen Long, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024 The pandemic required major changes in how religious services were conducted, with many congregants missing out on face-to-face contact and the community spirit of singing and praying together. —

Autumn Alvarez, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024 In the film Between Two Temples, released last month, a retired music teacher in upstate New York undergoes bat mitzvah preparations in late adulthood, mirroring real-life rituals in the Jewish tradition offered to older congregants at certain synagogues. —

Valerie Trapp, The Atlantic, 25 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for congregant