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congregant

UK/ˈkɒŋ.ɡɹɪ.ɡənt/US/ˈkɑŋ.ɡɹɪ.ɡənt/

congregant noun: a member of a congregation.

Noun

congregant (plural congregants)

  1. A member of a congregation.
    • The wedding was at Timmyʼs fatherʼs church, and all the female congregants had cooked a meal fit to feed a king.2016, Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing, Penguin Books (2017), page 123
    • Did he have any regrets about signing “I’ll be back”? Some social-media congregants had criticized the message as “tacky” and “flippant,” among other things.2023 March 8, Mark Leibovich, “Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Last Act”, in The Atlantic

Forms of congregant

pluralcongregants

Questions about congregant

What does congregant mean?
Congregant means a member of a congregation.
What part of speech is congregant?
Congregant is a noun.
How do you pronounce congregant?
Congregant is pronounced /ˈkɒŋ.ɡɹɪ.ɡənt/ (UK).
What is the plural of congregant?
The plural of congregant is congregants.

Words near congregant in the dictionary

  1. congree
  2. congreed
  3. congreeing
  4. congrees
  5. congregable
  6. congregant
  7. congregants
  8. congregate
  9. congregated
  10. congregates
  11. congregatest

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