Definitions for congrégation
ˌkɒŋ grɪˈgeɪ ʃəncon·gré·ga·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. congregation, fold, faithfulnoun

   a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church

2. congregationnoun

   an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together

   "a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph"; "a great congregation of birds flew over"

3. congregation, congregatingnoun

   the act of congregating

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. congregationnoun

   A gathering of faithful in a Christian church, Jewish synagogue, Muslim mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsary form).

2. congregationnoun

   A Roman Congregation, a main department of the Vatican administration of the universal church

3. congregationnoun

   A corporate body whose members gather for worship, or the members of such a body.

4. congregationnoun

   Any large gathering of people

5. congregationnoun

   The collective noun for eagles.

6. Etymology: From congregatio, from congregare "to herd together", itself from com- "together" + gregare "to collect into a flock, gather" (from grex "a flock, herd"); adopted c.1340 by the English Bible translator William Tyndale, to render the Greek (ekklesia) ('those called together, (popular) meeting'; hence Latin ecclesia 'church') in his New Testament, and preferred by 16th century Reformers instead of church

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Congregationnoun

   Etymology: from congregate.

   1. A collection; a mass of various parts brought together.

   This brave o’erhanging firmament appears no other thing to me, than a soul and pestilent congregation of vapours. William Shakespeare.

   2. An assembly met to worship God in publick, and hear doctrine.

   The words which the minister first pronounceth, the whole congregation shall repeat after him. Richard Hooker, b. v. sect. 36.

   The practice of those now-a-days that prefer houses before churches, and a conventicle before the congregation. Robert South, Sermons.

   If those preachers, who abound in epiphonema’s, would look about them, they would find part of their congregation out of countenance, and the other asleep. Jonathan Swift.

   3. Congregations of Cardinals,are assemblies distributed by the pope into several chambers, like our offices and courts. Ephraim Chambers

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Congregation

   A congregation is a large gathering of people, often for the purpose of worship.

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1. congregation

   A congregation is a group of people who gather together, usually for religious worship or services in a church, synagogue or mosque. It can also refer to the act of gathering or assembling. Congregation may also refer to a specific local group of people who regularly worship at a church or synagogue.

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1. Congregationnoun

   the act of congregating, or bringing together, or of collecting into one aggregate or mass

2. Congregationnoun

   a collection or mass of separate things

3. Congregationnoun

   an assembly of persons; a gathering; esp. an assembly of persons met for the worship of God, and for religious instruction; a body of people who habitually so meet

4. Congregationnoun

   the whole body of the Jewish people; -- called also Congregation of the Lord

5. Congregationnoun

   a body of cardinals or other ecclesiastics to whom as intrusted some department of the church business; as, the Congregation of the Propaganda, which has charge of the missions of the Roman Catholic Church

6. Congregationnoun

   a company of religious persons forming a subdivision of a monastic order

7. Congregationnoun

   the assemblage of Masters and Doctors at Oxford or Cambrige University, mainly for the granting of degrees

8. Congregationnoun

   the name assumed by the Protestant party under John Knox. The leaders called themselves (1557) Lords of the Congregation

9. Etymology: [L. congregatio: cf. F. congrgation.]

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1. Congregation

   The highest-ranking departments of the Roman Curia are called congregations. Lower-ranking are the pontifical councils and pontifical commissions. Others are tribunals and offices. In origin, the congregations were selected groups of cardinals, not the whole College of Cardinals, commissioned to take care of some field of activity that concerned the Holy See. Today, as a result of a decision of the Second Vatican Council, the membership includes diocesan bishops from diverse parts of the world who are not cardinals. Each congregation also has a permanent staff to assist it in dealing with the business that comes before it. Each congregation is led by a prefect, who is usually a cardinal. Until recently, a non-cardinal appointed to head a congregation was styled pro-prefect until made a cardinal. This practice has been abandoned.

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1. congregation

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1. • Assembly
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British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'congrégation' in Nouns Frequency: #2668

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of congrégation in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of congrégation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of congrégation in a Sentence

1. Pope Francis:

   Two women will be appointed for the first time in the committee to elect bishops in the Congregation for Bishops.

2. Sylvia Johnson:

   My cousin, being the nice, kind, welcoming person he is, he welcomed him to his congregation, welcomed him to the Bible study, and he sat there for an hour ... At the conclusion of the Bible study, they just heard just a ringing of a loud noise, and it was just awful from what I heard.

3. Texas Senator Ted Cruz:

   A sick and deranged person came and prayed with an historically black congregation for an hour and then murdered nine innocent souls.

4. Donald Trump:

   I know for myself and many in my congregation what informs our decisions and convictions aren't what politicians say, we're guided by Scripture and a person named Jesus Christ, who he himself was a refugee long before that term refugee became more popular in our culture.

5. Paul Grimm:

   We’ve transplanted teachers to students and family friends to kids, and between members of a congregation, i’ve had families who met in the waiting room and got to know each other, but actually donating a kidney to one family member to another? Nope, that’s got to be a first.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=congrégation
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Congregation
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=congrégation
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregation
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/congrégation
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=congrégation