Meaning & use
Congregants
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Members of a congregation, especially people who regularly attend a particular place of worship.
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The congregants filed into the pews as the organ began to play.
The rabbi greeted each congregant by name after the service.
A note on using this word
'Congregant' became common in American English in the 20th century as a gender-neutral alternative to older, denomination-specific terms like 'parishioner.'
Words with a similar meaning
worshippersparishioners
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