Meanings
nouncongregant (plural congregants)
plural congregants
- 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 1231 more example
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
Translations
Catalan congregant
- congregantCongregation member
Finnish seurakunnan jäsen, seurakuntalainen
- seurakunnan jäsenCongregation member
- seurakuntalainenCongregation member
German Gemeindemitglied
- GemeindemitgliedCongregation member
Polish parafianin, parafianka
- parafianinCongregation member
- parafiankaCongregation member
Portuguese congregante
- congreganteCongregation member
Russian прихожа́нин
- прихожа́нин (prixožánin)Congregation member
Spanish congregante
- congreganteCongregation member
Swedish församlingsmedlem
- församlingsmedlemCongregation member
Cite this entry
APA
congregant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/congregant
MLA
“congregant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/congregant. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “congregant,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/congregant.
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