Thesaurus results for CONGREGANT

congregant

noun

Definition of congregant

as in churchgoer

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Recent Examples of congregant Sheikh Haque was tackled by a congregant inside the Muslim Center of New York on Geranium Ave. — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 4 July 2026 Seemingly unperturbed by Israel’s presence were the congregants who gathered Wednesday for Ashura. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2026 Tufty says families of longtime congregants specifically requested him, but the church board has set firm boundaries preventing him from performing services. — Ian Cummings, Kansas City Star, 5 June 2026 This round includes $200,000 for Chabad of Poway, which in 2019 was the target of a gunman who stormed in and killed a congregant and injured three people, including a child, her uncle and a rabbi. — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for congregant

Recent Examples of Synonyms for congregant

Noun

One churchgoer, Erica Rahr, alleged that JP Miller expected Mica Miller to have sex four times a day.

— Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
He was ultimately taken to the ground and placed under a citizen’s arrest by that person and another churchgoer who rushed to help, the records show.

— Harry Harris, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of churchgoer

Noun

Nonetheless, the event’s atmosphere reliably turns Lincoln Center into a hive of cinematic energy, and the impatient desire that draws audiences through the doors provides a sense of like-minded communicants at the movie altar.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2025
Simon—five years older and strikingly beautiful—works as a political consultant for high-minded left-wing politicians, is a communicant in the Roman Catholic Church, and has considered joining the priesthood.

— Caleb Crain, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2021