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Meaning of 'congregation' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Congregation [ n.]
- The act of congregating, or bringing together, or of collecting into one aggregate or mass.
- A collection or mass of separate things.
- 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.
- The whole body of the Jewish people; -- called also Congregation of the Lord.
- 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.
- A company of religious persons forming a subdivision of a monastic order.
- The assemblage of Masters and Doctors at Oxford or Cambrige University, mainly for the granting of degrees.
- the name assumed by the Protestant party under John Knox. The leaders called themselves (1557) Lords of the Congregation.

Meaning of 'congregation' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . congregation [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together
Example in sentence:
  • a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph;
  • a great congregation of birds flew over

Nearby Words:

con con- conacre conarium conation conative conatus concamerate concameration concatenate

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