How to Use congregational in a Sentence

congregational

adjective
  • There were only 30 guests allowed and there was no congregational singing.
    — Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2021
  • Typical congregational hymns are pretty much gone, as are choirs.
    — Cindy Loose, CNN, 15 Dec. 2020
  • As far as sightseeing, the town of Newfane has little more than a public green and white congregational church.
    — Victoria Abbott Riccardi, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • The list includes a range of congregational rabbis and leaders of Jewish groups.
    — Ben Sales, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Face masks will remain required inside churches, but congregational singing will be allowed again.
    — Eliza Fawcett, courant.com, 10 May 2021
  • Fridays — the weekly day of congregational prayer in Islam — draw larger crowds to mosques.
    — ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026
  • The mosque-goers were gathered for the Friday congregational prayer.
    — Asma Uddin, Teen Vogue, 27 Mar. 2019
  • The congregational study has tracked hundreds of details of those transitions for 20 years.
    — Jean Hopfensperger, Star Tribune, 23 Jan. 2021
  • At the time of the funeral last year, no congregational singing was allowed, and only 30 guests could be invited.
    — Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2022
  • The group is always looking for new congregational partners that can provide temporary shelter for clients.
    — Roxanne De La Rosa, The Arizona Republic, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Music director Mike Carney will lead the choir and congregational singing of hymns.
    — cleveland, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The project is in residential urban and congregational land overlay zones.
    — Jim Drummond, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The congregational prayers – seen as the pinnacle of the Islamic week – were the first since the fall of the Assadregime.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 14 Dec. 2024
  • There will be congregational carol singing during the intermezzi between scenes.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Either way, the hymnal was created for some purpose, and churches can choose the one that fits their understanding of congregational worship.
    — Dominic Pino, National Review, 1 Aug. 2021
  • With congregational rosters steeply declining and Black entrepreneurship at all-time highs, the app is a potential game changer.
    — Ebony Flake, Essence, 12 July 2024
  • During a congregational meeting last winter, Roots said some were concerned the dialogue was not getting better.
    — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 12 June 2017
  • War had broken out’ Anchar has seen protests after congregational prayers every Friday since the special status was scrapped.
    — Safwat Zargar, Quartz India, 25 Sep. 2019
  • The group walked through a security screening into the mosque’s largest congregational area, gilded and beautifully white.
    — Ahmed Ali Akbar, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
  • In 1961, Drake and his father went to a father-son banquet at the Hudson congregational church.
    — Cameron Fields, cleveland, 27 Dec. 2019
  • This may be done in Shia communities through congregational gatherings and an overall practice of mourning and sadness.
    — Manal Aman, Woman's Day, 12 June 2023
  • For many people who look forward to the communal aspect of Ramadan and the congregational prayer, this Ramadan is going to be a challenge.
    — Ahmed Ali Akbar, SELF, 30 Apr. 2020
  • At the ward, or congregational, level, Nelson has promoted greater parity with more women serving on ward councils.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Jan. 2022
  • What’s next Our survey results suggest that researchers need to move away from thinking about congregational attendance as exclusive.
    — Christopher P. Scheitle, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Sidman now serves as director of congregational life for Temple Beth El in Charlotte.
    — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Zecher served as a congregational rabbi in the Berkshires for 35 years before pursuing her musical passion as a cabaret singer.
    — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Founded in 1922, the society promotes congregational singing and the composing and performing of new hymn tunes and texts.
    — Patrick Neas, Kansas City Star, 5 July 2024
  • Mann has been an instructor with CAJE for the past 10 years as well as a congregational rabbi for more than 25 years.
    — Marvin Glassman, Jewish Journal, 26 July 2017
  • The southern province of Sindh, however, which is controlled by the opposition, struck out on its own by declaring a ban on congregational prayer during Ramadan.
    — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2020
  • During the shelter-in-place order, Bay Area mosques have suspended Friday congregational prayers, known as Jumah, and daily prayers.
    — Tony Bravo, SFChronicle.com, 22 Apr. 2020

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