noun
Meaning 1
A member of a congregation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
congregant
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈkɒŋ.ɡɹɪ.ɡənt/
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US: /ˈkɑŋ.ɡɹɪ.ɡənt/
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Australian: /ˈkɔŋ.ɡɹɪ.ɡənt/
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CMU ARPABET: K AA1 NG G R AH0 G AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
a member of a congregation (especially that of a church or synagogue)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: churchgoer, church member
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: congregant — Congregation member
- Finnish: seurakunnan jäsen — Congregation member
- Finnish: seurakuntalainen — Congregation member
- German: Gemeindemitglied — Congregation member
- Polish: parafianin — Congregation member
- Polish: parafianka — Congregation member
- Portuguese: congregante — Congregation member
- Russian: прихожа́нин (prixožánin) — Congregation member
- Spanish: congregante — Congregation member
- Swedish: församlingsmedlem — Congregation member