congregationalist

American  

[kahng-gri-gay-shuhn-uhl-ist] / ˌkɑŋ grɪˈgeɪ ʃən əl ɪst /

noun

1. a person, especially a member of the clergy, who adheres to congregationalism as a form of church government.

2. a member of any congregation.

3. Congregationalist, a member or minister of a Congregational church.

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adjective

1. relating or adhering to congregationalism as a form of church government.

2. Congregationalist, relating or belonging to the movement that gave rise to the Congregational or Independent churches in England after the Protestant Reformation.

Example Sentences

Set in rural Iowa, it is the letter of aging congregationalist minister John Ames to hisyoung son from his second marriage, written as a loosely-connected series of thoughts, memories and religious homilies.

From The Guardian • May 18, 2012

Not know Coventry? he is one of the most original writers of the day; he's an American, and, I believe, a congregationalist.

From Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert by Newman, John Henry

The majority were of Puritan stock and members of the congregationalist churches of Massachusetts.

From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)

The Quaker Constitution, as fixed in Penn's time, was strictly democratic and congregationalist, with complete exclusion of a clerical order.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.