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congregant

[kong-gri-guhnt] / ˈkɒŋ grɪ gənt /


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“Compassion,” the preacher proclaimed, is “mercy in action,” adding: “I can also show you one small rhetorical tweak that guarantees even your densest congregant won’t miss the point.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

"It was just so unexpected," said the congregant, Paul Kirby.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025

A congregant in his late 20s who has leukemia postponed his chemotherapy, afraid he could be caught and deported to Guatemala.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025

While listening to a moving Mother’s Day church sermon in the early 1900s, congregant Sonora Smart Dodd thought of her father’s own commitment to family.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2024

"You have no right to a voice at all; as the Chancellor has reminded us, you are not even a Yahid, a congregant."

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Israel Zangwill




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