Definition of "congregant" [congregant]

• One who congregates, especially a member of a group of people gathered for religious worship. (noun)

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• "At midnight, I decided to call a congregant of mine in California, where it was three o’clock in the afternoon."
• "The new four-track EP by Mr. John Darnielle is now up for sale as a digital download at satanicmessiah. com and is available at three different price points / levels of worship: "congregant," "devotee" and, the highest of the three, "acolyte.""
• "Benjamin, another Mexican congregant, notes that “the Americans sometimes feel more in the minority than the majority” at the parish."