Dictionary

congregant en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɑŋ.ɡɹɪ.ɡənt/ (US)
• /ˈkɒŋ.ɡɹɪ.ɡənt/ (UK)
• /ˈkɔŋ.ɡɹɪ.ɡənt/ (Australia)

Meanings

1. A member of a congregation.
   • 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:
   • 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:

Forms

Translations (10)

pl parafianin (Congregation member) · ca congregant (Congregation member) · fi seurakuntalainen (Congregation member) · pt congregante (Congregation member) · es congregante (Congregation member) · de Gemeindemitglied (Congregation member) · fi seurakunnan jäsen (Congregation member) · sv församlingsmedlem (Congregation member) · pl parafianka (Congregation member) · ru прихожа́нин (Congregation member)