Dictionary Definition
congregation
Noun
1 a group of people who adhere to a common faith
and habitually attend a given church [syn: fold, faithful]
2 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 the act of congregating [syn: congregating]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From congregatioPronunciation
- Rhymes with: -eɪʃǝn
Noun
- A large gathering of people
- A gathering of people in a Christian church, Jewish synagogue, mosque or other religious assembly. It can also refer to the people who are present at a worship service in the building, particularly in contrast to the minister, rabbi or choir who may be seated apart from the general congregation.
Translations
A large gathering of people
- Chinese:
- Dutch: congregatie, bijeenkomst
- Finnish: väkijoukko
- German: Versammlung
- Icelandic: mannsöfnuður
- Italian: congregazione
- Japanese: (, shūdan)
- Russian: собрание (sobránije) , скопление (skopl'énije) , сходка (sχódka)
A gathering of people in a church; the church
audience
- Chinese:
- Finnish: seurakunta
- German: versammelte Gemeinde
- Icelandic: söfnuður
- Italian: assemblea
- Japanese: (, kaishū)
- Russian: конгрегация (kongregácija)
Translations to be checked
- ttbc Dutch: congregatie
- ttbc French: congrégation, rassemblement
- ttbc Greek: κοινότητα (koinótēta)
- ttbc Indonesian: kongregasi
- ttbc Korean: 집회 (jiphoe)
- ttbc Latin: (Modern Latin) congregatio nominative, congregationis genitive, (Classical Latin) coëtus fourth declension
- ttbc Norwegian: menighet
- ttbc Portuguese: congregação
- ttbc Spanish: congregación
Extensive Definition
A congregation is an assembly of people for a
given purpose.
Examples of congregations include:
- The members of a place of worship
- Congregation (Roman Curia) - an administrative body of the Roman Catholic Church
- Congregation (Catholic) - a religious institute in which only simple vows, not solemn vows, are taken
- Congregation (university) - an assembly of senior members of a university
- Congregation (human geography) - the territorial and residential clustering of specific groups or subgroups of people
- Congregation (album), by The Afghan Whigs
- English Congregation, an English pop group formerly known as The Congregation
See also
congregation in Czech: Kongregace
congregation in Dutch: Congregatie
congregation in Russian: Конгрегация
(значения)