congregant
/ˈkɒŋɡrɪɡənt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈkɑːŋɡrɪɡənt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkäŋ-gri-gənt/ (ame, mw)
congregant — noun
1. a person who regularly attends services at a particular church, synagogue, mosqu
a person who regularly attends services at a particular church, synagogue, mosque, or other place of worship.
Hassan greeted each congregant by name as they entered the mosque on Friday morning.
subject + verb + congregant as direct object
About two hundred congregants gathered in the church hall for the Sunday potluck after the service.
plural: 'congregants gathered' for collective worship contexts
Several congregants of the small synagogue volunteered to help repaint the worn wooden benches.
The new minister wanted to learn the name of every congregant before the end of the year.
Older congregants remembered when the church was rebuilt after the fire of 1962.
- worshipper
more general; any person worshipping, not necessarily a regular attendee of one place
- parishioner
specific to a Christian parish, especially Anglican or Catholic
- member
neutral; needs context like 'church member' to be unambiguous
用法筆記
Subject or object is usually a place of worship (church, synagogue, mosque) or its clergy. Slightly more formal than 'churchgoer' and not tied to any single religion.