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congregant

[ kong-gri-guhnt ]

noun

  1. a person who is part of a congregation:

    The voices of the congregants were raised in prayer.



congregant

/ ˈkɒŋɡrɪɡənt /

noun

  1. a member of a congregation, esp a Jewish congregation


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Word History and Origins

Origin of congregant1

First recorded in 1885–90; congreg(ate) + -ant

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Example Sentences

Shaffer first started making the hats in 2006 at her church, after a labor and delivery nurse enlisted congregants to make newborn hats.

They don’t believe it’s fair that the facility is categorized the same way as a group home or congregant care facility.

Carter reassured his congregants that the vaccine would offer a way of eventually reuniting with family.

When O’Connor attended church soon after the show premiered, fellow congregants hissed him.

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Pastors and congregants disagree all the time, and Frailey doesn’t want to be the sort of Christian leader whom people feel afraid to challenge.

This result is a change in the relationship between state and citizen, producer and consumer, priest and congregant.

He welcomes the comparisons to his congregant, but is reluctant to take all the credit.

How these followed from "the congregant nature of the loadstone can be seen when the effusion of forms has been considered."

You have no right to a voice at all; as the Chancellor has reminded us, you are not even a Yahid, a congregant.

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