congregationalist
/kɑŋɡɹəˈɡeɪʃənəlɪst/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A member of a Congregational church.
adj
Of or pertaining to congregationalism.
noun
Alternative form of Congregationalist.
Example Sentences
- "[Editor David W. Blight said:] Until his death in April 1817 (ten months before Douglass’s birth), Bingham remained a remarkable mixture of at least three elements. He held to a devout Congregationalist faith and Puritan sensibility (believing in human depravity and the sovereignty of God, and dressing in old eighteenth century style, with cocked hat and silver-buckled shoes). He was a staunch Jeffersonian in a state where few existed (he never put any money in a bank, and seems to have embodied Jefferson’s egalitarian faith in the capacities of common folk). Finally, Bingham saw the early American republic as a new political beginning for humankind, and his more than one million schoolbooks sold across the land were designed to produce republican citizens. The Columbian Orator was an elocution manual as well as a reader for school children in the new republic."
Etymology
Etymology tree English Congregational Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English Congregationalist From Congregational + -ist.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kɑŋɡɹəˈɡeɪʃənəlɪst/
- British English: /kɒŋɡɹəˈɡeɪʃənəlɪst/