Congregationalists

Cultural  

1. A Protestant denomination that has roots in the Nonconformists of England. The Congregationalists are much like the Methodists in their teachings. They consider the individual congregation the basic unit of their church, and they practice baptism of infants. Most Congregationalists in the United States belong to the United Church of Christ.

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Example Sentences

While sharing the theological views of their neighbors, Baptists were often social outsiders, looked down upon by Congregationalists, Anglicans and Presbyterians.

From Washington Post • Jun. 10, 2021

But whatever the number or percentage, there were also a wide variety of Christians in the colonies, including Congregationalists, Lutherans, Catholics, Baptists, Dutch Reformed, Quakers, Mennonites and Presbyterians.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2018

We were in New England, so there were Congregationalists, Unitarians, and certainly Roman Catholics.

From Slate • May 4, 2017

The influence of these older Protestant groups, such as the New England Congregationalists, declined because of the Great Awakening.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

An equal per cent. was divided between Congregationalists and Presbyterians, and there were a few Baptists and Quakers.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene