congregant
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of congregant
First recorded in 1885–90; congreg(ate) + -ant
Example Sentences
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GEO Group is currently fighting the City of Newark over the municipality’s right to require a certificate of occupancy and regular fire department inspections of the massive congregant care site.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
“Compassion,” the preacher proclaimed, is “mercy in action,” adding: “I can also show you one small rhetorical tweak that guarantees even your densest congregant won’t miss the point.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
"It was just so unexpected," said the congregant, Paul Kirby.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025
While listening to a moving Mother’s Day church sermon in the early 1900s, congregant Sonora Smart Dodd thought of her father’s own commitment to family.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2024
How these followed from "the congregant nature of the loadstone can be seen when the effusion of forms has been considered."
From The Natural Philosophy of William Gilbert and His Predecessors by King, W. James
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