congregant
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of congregant
First recorded in 1885–90; congreg(ate) + -ant
Example Sentences
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One congregant, Chad Christiansen, 48, said he uses AI to make images for his youth nonprofit and is taking an agentic-AI course alongside Stetler himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 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
“Some of the tower had collapsed, and plaster covered everything inside the church,” said 92-year-old Jan Arenz, who was a congregant at St. James’ in 1987.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
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 W. James King
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