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单词 congregant
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Definition of congregant in English:

congregant

noun ˈkɒŋɡrɪɡ(ə)ntˈkäNGɡrəɡənt
  • A member of a congregation, especially that of a church or synagogue.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We expect that all congregants, whether minority or majority, will talk of costs and benefits.
    • He failed, however, to project the charisma and religiosity which many congregants sought.
    • Indeed, when I asked why the congregants came to the church, many of them attributed it to the good feelings they gained in converting to the new religion.
    • In this fourth stage, it is clear that preachers dismiss rhetoric to their own peril and to the peril of the religiosity of their congregants.
    • In 1968, congregants contributed about 3 percent of their income to the church.
    • They sing a cappella, circling the pews as congregants trickle in and join the singing.
    • A former congregant had flown in from his new home in Australia the day before, to leave this afternoon to London.
    • The leader will invite all congregants who feel the Torah passage is speaking to this issue in their lives to join in that aliyah.
    • We needed some tender loving care, and usually the congregants don't think of themselves as being obligated to fulfill that role.
    • Full-time clergy may be paid either out of public taxation or the donations of the congregants.
    • This concern for social justice, in turn, creates a norm within congregations that is supported and nourished by the congregants.
    • Rabbis can connect with their postmodern congregants by demonstrating that the grand narrative of God, Torah, and Israel is not a hermetically sealed book.
    • He ran aground, though, when he insisted that a congregant must show some believable evidence of being truly godly.
    • As I have attempted to show, the congregants convert to the Christian God because of the divine tutelage they believe they have received.
    • In addition, we collected data on the friendship networks of the congregants.
    • Furthermore, these broader social changes do not only distort the preached message of the churches; they also have transformed the congregants listening in the pews.
    • His relationship with his congregants necessarily has become more remote, formal, and abstract.
    • Then, a senior congregant said God blesses him although he has not humbled himself enough before God.
    • Similarly, the acceptance of gay rabbis - although small in number - indicates that the majority of congregants judge a person by their integrity rather than their sexuality.
    • As a result, the secularized congregants in our pews tend to be ‘religious agnostics’ rather than true believers.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Latin congregant- 'collecting (into a flock), uniting', from the verb congregare (see congregate).

 
 

Definition of congregant in US English:

congregant

nounˈkäNGɡrəɡənt
  • A member of a congregation, especially that of a church or synagogue.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He failed, however, to project the charisma and religiosity which many congregants sought.
    • Similarly, the acceptance of gay rabbis - although small in number - indicates that the majority of congregants judge a person by their integrity rather than their sexuality.
    • In this fourth stage, it is clear that preachers dismiss rhetoric to their own peril and to the peril of the religiosity of their congregants.
    • A former congregant had flown in from his new home in Australia the day before, to leave this afternoon to London.
    • Furthermore, these broader social changes do not only distort the preached message of the churches; they also have transformed the congregants listening in the pews.
    • Indeed, when I asked why the congregants came to the church, many of them attributed it to the good feelings they gained in converting to the new religion.
    • He ran aground, though, when he insisted that a congregant must show some believable evidence of being truly godly.
    • In addition, we collected data on the friendship networks of the congregants.
    • This concern for social justice, in turn, creates a norm within congregations that is supported and nourished by the congregants.
    • His relationship with his congregants necessarily has become more remote, formal, and abstract.
    • We expect that all congregants, whether minority or majority, will talk of costs and benefits.
    • In 1968, congregants contributed about 3 percent of their income to the church.
    • We needed some tender loving care, and usually the congregants don't think of themselves as being obligated to fulfill that role.
    • The leader will invite all congregants who feel the Torah passage is speaking to this issue in their lives to join in that aliyah.
    • Then, a senior congregant said God blesses him although he has not humbled himself enough before God.
    • Rabbis can connect with their postmodern congregants by demonstrating that the grand narrative of God, Torah, and Israel is not a hermetically sealed book.
    • They sing a cappella, circling the pews as congregants trickle in and join the singing.
    • Full-time clergy may be paid either out of public taxation or the donations of the congregants.
    • As a result, the secularized congregants in our pews tend to be ‘religious agnostics’ rather than true believers.
    • As I have attempted to show, the congregants convert to the Christian God because of the divine tutelage they believe they have received.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Latin congregant- ‘collecting (into a flock), uniting’, from the verb congregare (see congregate).

 
 
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