congregant
/ˈkɒŋɡrɪɡənt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈkɑːŋɡrɪɡənt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkäŋ-gri-gənt/ (ame, mw)
congregant — 名詞
1. a person who regularly attends services at a particular church, synagogue, mosqu
會眾;信眾
經常參與某教堂、會堂禮拜的人
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.
週五早晨,Hassan 在信眾走進清真寺時,一一叫出他們的名字向他們問候。
subject + verb + congregant as direct object
About two hundred congregants gathered in the church hall for the Sunday potluck after the service.
禮拜結束後,大約兩百位會眾聚集在教堂大廳,享用週日的家常聚餐。
plural: 'congregants gathered' for collective worship contexts
Several congregants of the small synagogue volunteered to help repaint the worn wooden benches.
那座小型猶太會堂的幾位信眾,自願幫忙重新粉刷已斑駁的木製長椅。
The new minister wanted to learn the name of every congregant before the end of the year.
新上任的牧師希望在年底之前,能叫得出每一位會眾的名字。
Older congregants remembered when the church was rebuilt after the fire of 1962.
年長的會眾仍記得這間教堂在 1962 年那場大火後重建時的情景。
- 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.