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1. (n.) congregation
an assembly of people brought together or regularly meeting together for common religious worship.
2. congregation
the act of congregating or the state of being congregated.
3. congregation
a gathered or assembled body; assemblage.
4. congregation
an organization for providing church services; a local church society.
5. congregation
(in the Old Testament) the people of Israel.
6. congregation
(in the New Testament) the Christian Church.
7. congregation
(in Roman Catholicism)
8. congregation
a committee of cardinals or other ecclesiastics.
9. congregation
a community of men or women, either with or without vows, observing a common rule.
Etymology: (1300–50; < AF < L)
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| Definition of 'congregation' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) congregation, fold, faithful
a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
2. (noun) congregation
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. (noun) congregation, congregating
the act of congregating
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1. (noun) congregation
the members of a church
the pastor and his congregation
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) congregation
the act of congregating, or bringing together, or of collecting into one aggregate or mass
2. (noun) congregation
a collection or mass of separate things
3. (noun) congregation
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. (noun) congregation
the whole body of the Jewish people; -- called also Congregation of the Lord
5. (noun) congregation
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. (noun) congregation
a company of religious persons forming a subdivision of a monastic order
7. (noun) congregation
the assemblage of Masters and Doctors at Oxford or Cambrige University, mainly for the granting of degrees
8. (noun) congregation
the name assumed by the Protestant party under John Knox. The leaders called themselves (1557) Lords of the Congregation
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