Definition of congregation in English:

congregation

noun kɒŋɡrɪˈɡeɪʃ(ə)nˌkɑŋɡrəˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n

1A group of people assembled for religious worship.
宗教团体
the singing of psalms by the whole congregation
Example sentencesExamples
- It brings much delight and refreshment to a congregation in the Prayer Meeting to hear one or two unfamiliar texts of the Bible quoted.
- Now people hop, skip, and jump among religious bodies and congregations, picking and choosing, paying their money and taking their choice.
- No longer will we sit silently in church conferences, conventions, assemblies or congregations where the Bible is used to caricature and condemn us.
- There should be hymn-singing by ragis or by the whole congregation.
- The whole congregation was asked to stand and join in prayer for us.
- What ought to be worship from a congregation has become entertainment for an audience.
- The congregation or assembly does not wait until worship is over before it proclaims the good news.
- Gathered in worship, a congregation will hear things its members will not hear elsewhere.
- In it the Epiklesis invokes the Holy Spirit over the assembled congregation, but not on the elements.
- If they did, they, too, would die, and God's wrath would come upon the whole congregation.
- Slowly various people throughout the whole congregation got to their feet, until finally all were standing.
- For this service the whole congregation stands throughout, as the doors of the Ark are open.
- The ministry and the budget need to reflect the assembled gifts of the congregation.
- For each song of the congregation throughout the worship service, the organist plays the same servant role.
- Mass congregations for a religious purpose must be banned, to avoid such tragedies as well as to avoid communal conflagrations.
- So she took her back home and she and her whole congregation prayed over her for her to heal.
- I find very few of these young adults in traditional worship services in congregations on Sunday mornings.
- In the congregation assembled for worship, these two movements meet, and the heavenly angels join the children of God in festal celebration.
- From the point of view of the religious congregations, seizing all opportunities to bring lay Jews closer to Orthodoxy, the shaitl did not seem to be a theme worthy of reflection.
- Society in general, and the general decline in the nation's moral responsibilities, is also named as the reason for dwindling congregations and religious desertion.
Synonyms
parishioners, parish, churchgoers, flock, fold, faithful, following, followers, adherents, believers, loyal members, fellowship, communicants, laity, brethren, brothers and sisters, souls
1. 1.1 A group of people regularly attending a particular place of worship.
  礼拜会会众；教堂会众
  he was a member of the Emmanuel Chapel congregation
  他是以马内利礼拜会会员。
  Example sentencesExamples
  In those jobs they have been well received and proved themselves to be excellent pastoral workers, attending to their congregations with no less compassion and intelligence than their male counterparts.
  And if some congregations are choosing denominationalism, who and where are they?
  The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.
  Now we have one or two homeless members that are a regular part of our congregation.
  You may find it impossible to buy or rent a building for your congregation's worship services, or even to conduct an open-air revival meeting.
  This ethos also leads the faith-based programs to encourage extended social ties between their low-income clients and local religious congregations.
  Can we believe this and still worship in congregations that aren't racially diverse?
  It will not take long, however, for the whole congregation to learn all the words.
  It was observed too, that while some religious congregations even-handedly promoted vocations to the vowed life and the laity, this was not universal.
  Eighteen religious congregations have now formally agreed to contribute 128 million to the State's compensation scheme.
  Today's architects reach for new forms of expression that will shape the life and worship of congregations.
  The congregation in Basra is doing better and meets regularly now.
  This was a list of their religious and social demands and included demands that ministers should be elected by the whole congregation and that they should teach the Holy Gospel in a pure and simple form.
  I struggled to attend worship and sing in the choir at my home congregation.
  All around the meeting place are blocks of flats and the congregation regularly does leaflet drops.
  Bishop Ryan is disappointed at falling Sunday Mass attendances but he recognises that congregations are now attending out of conviction rather than convention.
  The congregation regularly sponsors food bank drives and soup kitchens for the poor, many of whom are gambling addicts, and now faces eviction if the casino licence is approved.
  The core congregation that regularly goes to church is considerably smaller.
  Often it seemed that the message had transformed not merely the lives of individuals, but even whole congregations.
  They typically offered a more prominent role to women in their congregations than did the Regular Baptists.
2A gathering or collection of people, animals, or things.
（人或物的）一群，聚集的人（或物）
large congregations of birds may cause public harm
庞大的鸟群可能会成为公害。
Example sentencesExamples
- The congregation of roosters gathered for the urgent aviary consultations nod in agreement.
- A small congregation of birds flew away in consternation.
- If the birds are spreading it to each other, chances are large congregations of birds at a feeder could be infecting each other.
- The mass congregation of these animals is the biggest outside Kenya's Serengeti, and was earlier erroneously believed to be part of a migration.
- Of course, whenever birds are found in congregations it means only one thing - food.
- The Aberdeen fans rolled up in numbers, and there was a similarly impressive midfield congregation gandering forward to assist the hosts' attack in the early stages.
- The initiative is a global congregation of universities and private firms striving to advance small satellite technology.
- Outside, a congregation of Rris were gathered around a stall where a pair were bickering, their animated snarls carrying over the street sounds.
- There was much upset in the village after a large congregation gathered in order to see the band.
- The twins split off the second they saw the congregation of popular seniors.
- The drama can be witnessed when the sea hares are breeding, and large congregations of this common slug attract the handsome predators.
- There was much awkward silence at a recent congregation of Harvard grads gathered to wish him well.
Synonyms
gathering, assembly, flock, swarm, bevy, herd, pack, group, body, crowd, mass, multitude, horde, host, mob
turnout, throng, company, rally, convocation, congress, council, conclave, synod, assemblage
informal get-together
historical conventicle
1. 2.1mass noun The action of gathering together in a crowd.
  集合，聚集
  drought conditions lead to the congregation of animals around watering points
  干旱的环境促使动物聚集在饮水处四周。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The cinema house is still basically a social space for mass congregation.
  This trend in modern suburbia has raised standards, creating more separate rooms in the house, freeing the living room from being a place of congregation for the entire family.
3(in the Roman Catholic Church) a permanent committee of the College of Cardinals.
（天主教）红衣主教委员会
the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
宗教正统教义委员会。
Example sentencesExamples
- And, of course the cardinals will be in their general congregation.
- Last August I was summoned to our provincial headquarters where I was given a 14-page communication from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
- The primary duty and responsibility of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is to promote and preserve the Catholic Faith throughout the Church.
- There is, of course, secrecy over these general congregations.
- All matters of importance are referred to the general congregations, which since 1870 are held in the Vatican.
1. 3.1British (in some universities) a general assembly of resident senior members.
  〈英〉（一些大学中的）住校高级教职员大会
  Example sentencesExamples
  During the regular quarterly meeting of the University Congregation, two professors debated the merits of the departmental system, one recommending the greatest possible degree of consolidation, while the other argued that interdisciplinary needs could be met by a consolidated catalog and a system of underground book-railways linking the General and departmental libraries.
  The defendants exercise control over the publisher through a committee nominated from the University Congregation and known as ‘The Delegates’.
  If the Great Congregation was the legislative body of the University, Congregation was the executive body.
4A group of people obeying a common religious rule but under less solemn vows than members of the older religious orders.
圣会会众
the sisters of the Congregation of Our Lady
圣母会的女会员。
Example sentencesExamples
- In the Baptism liturgy, there is clear involvement of the whole congregation as a baptizing community.
- Thus, most Americans are members of a congregation that falls somewhere between these two extremes.
- He sets aside, for the most part, exegetical and systematic theological questions, as well as the subject of priests in religious orders and congregations.
- Sociological literature has addressed how religious ideals inform a congregation's public presence.
- All the initiated Sikhs form Panth, whereas all the members of a Sikh congregation form a Sangat or Sikh Sangat.
- For young people who remain in congregations, worship is found to be interesting because it is an engaging intersection of the gospel with their lives.
- Generally speaking the members of an Anglican congregation either deny that they are Anglican, are tourists or mumble something before running away.
- Presumably the popularity of the name would outweigh any slight that Dominicans, Jesuits, or members of other orders and congregations might feel.
- It is little coincidence that there are more Messianic congregations tightly packed into the peninsula of South Florida than any other similarly sized region in North America.
- In Hungary the religious congregations and their priests or ministers were supported by their respective mother churches through an obligatory religious tax.
- What role are congregations and other religious organizations likely to play in America's future social welfare system?
- Assemblies of God congregations, on the other hand, are more likely to contain only two groups.
- Finally, considered as parts of a social ecology, congregations of a religious district are social actors.
- The Baraka congregation also includes international members from as far away as Korea and Sweden.
- The track has been adopted by religious congregations of all denominations across America for use in services.
1. 4.1 A group of communities within a religious order sharing particular historical or regional links.
  修道会区
  Example sentencesExamples
  Many of them wanted to use the lab both as an outreach program for the surrounding community and as a tool for Christian education within the congregation.
  Yet the Anglican Church in Africa will probably not be able to survive as we know it today if it is forced to cut off links with the congregation in the West on this issue.
  How can communications equipment be shared fairly by multiple congregations?
  Particularly overlapping were the chapters on the pulpit and on congregations within a congregation.
  A congregation perceives its role within a community according to its core values.
  There were more German Catholics, who (with other German-speakers) formed their own communities or congregations in the capital cities.
  These congregations share both a territory and a set of differentiated social networks.
  In our local congregations and within our denominations we would be on shaky ground if we based every decision on whether or not sensibilities in the group would be insulted by our conclusions.
  There were several different ways women lived out their feminism within the same Catholic congregation.
  They close their eyes to the fact that not all religions nor every congregation within any given denomination agrees with their stance.
  Much of our mission field in fact is within our own congregations.
  Such execution of discipline within Baptist congregations aided in weeding out members who failed to meet the community's standard of commitment and participation.
  Ten acres were donated to the church, which will raise money within the congregation to build a 7,000-seat sanctuary.
  Outreach can happen at various levels: worldwide, local, and within the congregation.
  For this reason he has encouraged the social committee to widen the scope of this year's fête, drawing in helpers from outside the congregation and offering to share any profits for the benefit of the town.
  In this process of mutual support, though, do they in any way create a congregation within the congregation?
  The spirit of the kehillah survived into the twentieth century in the form of landsmanshaft, separate societies existing within congregations in cities such as New York.
  Added to these were the leadership and the interpersonal skills of the incumbent rabbi, who was much respected, both within and outside the congregation.
5rare A flock of plovers.
this is a shorebird beach, with a congregation of plovers inhabiting it
Example sentencesExamples
- The best mode of managing a large congregation of plovers is the hide two of three sportsmen at a distance of about 100 yards from each other.
- As usual, the local congregation of plovers has scattered at widespread intervals between the hundreds of the main constituents, a few black-headed gulls.
- There were masses of ducks, black swans, tremendous numbers of ibis, and a huge congregation of plovers.
- He pointed to a congregation of plovers just around the point.
- I watched the gulls and terns and a congregation of plovers who fed against the color-soaked sky.

Origin

Late Middle English (in sense 2, sense 3, sense 4): from Latin congregatio(n-), from congregare 'collect (into a flock)' (see congregate).

Definition of congregation in US English:

congregation

nounˌkäNGɡrəˈɡāSH(ə)nˌkɑŋɡrəˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n

1A group of people assembled for religious worship.
宗教团体
Example sentencesExamples
- For each song of the congregation throughout the worship service, the organist plays the same servant role.
- No longer will we sit silently in church conferences, conventions, assemblies or congregations where the Bible is used to caricature and condemn us.
- Society in general, and the general decline in the nation's moral responsibilities, is also named as the reason for dwindling congregations and religious desertion.
- So she took her back home and she and her whole congregation prayed over her for her to heal.
- It brings much delight and refreshment to a congregation in the Prayer Meeting to hear one or two unfamiliar texts of the Bible quoted.
- Slowly various people throughout the whole congregation got to their feet, until finally all were standing.
- I find very few of these young adults in traditional worship services in congregations on Sunday mornings.
- What ought to be worship from a congregation has become entertainment for an audience.
- Gathered in worship, a congregation will hear things its members will not hear elsewhere.
- There should be hymn-singing by ragis or by the whole congregation.
- Mass congregations for a religious purpose must be banned, to avoid such tragedies as well as to avoid communal conflagrations.
- From the point of view of the religious congregations, seizing all opportunities to bring lay Jews closer to Orthodoxy, the shaitl did not seem to be a theme worthy of reflection.
- The congregation or assembly does not wait until worship is over before it proclaims the good news.
- The whole congregation was asked to stand and join in prayer for us.
- The ministry and the budget need to reflect the assembled gifts of the congregation.
- Now people hop, skip, and jump among religious bodies and congregations, picking and choosing, paying their money and taking their choice.
- In the congregation assembled for worship, these two movements meet, and the heavenly angels join the children of God in festal celebration.
- In it the Epiklesis invokes the Holy Spirit over the assembled congregation, but not on the elements.
- For this service the whole congregation stands throughout, as the doors of the Ark are open.
- If they did, they, too, would die, and God's wrath would come upon the whole congregation.
Synonyms
parishioners, parish, churchgoers, flock, fold, faithful, following, followers, adherents, believers, loyal members, fellowship, communicants, laity, brethren, brothers and sisters, souls
1. 1.1 A group of people regularly attending a particular place of worship.
  礼拜会会众；教堂会众
  that church took the place of the storefront the congregation had used before the war
  Example sentencesExamples
  This ethos also leads the faith-based programs to encourage extended social ties between their low-income clients and local religious congregations.
  The congregation regularly sponsors food bank drives and soup kitchens for the poor, many of whom are gambling addicts, and now faces eviction if the casino licence is approved.
  Often it seemed that the message had transformed not merely the lives of individuals, but even whole congregations.
  In those jobs they have been well received and proved themselves to be excellent pastoral workers, attending to their congregations with no less compassion and intelligence than their male counterparts.
  All around the meeting place are blocks of flats and the congregation regularly does leaflet drops.
  It will not take long, however, for the whole congregation to learn all the words.
  It was observed too, that while some religious congregations even-handedly promoted vocations to the vowed life and the laity, this was not universal.
  Eighteen religious congregations have now formally agreed to contribute 128 million to the State's compensation scheme.
  The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.
  Bishop Ryan is disappointed at falling Sunday Mass attendances but he recognises that congregations are now attending out of conviction rather than convention.
  Now we have one or two homeless members that are a regular part of our congregation.
  Today's architects reach for new forms of expression that will shape the life and worship of congregations.
  The core congregation that regularly goes to church is considerably smaller.
  This was a list of their religious and social demands and included demands that ministers should be elected by the whole congregation and that they should teach the Holy Gospel in a pure and simple form.
  I struggled to attend worship and sing in the choir at my home congregation.
  They typically offered a more prominent role to women in their congregations than did the Regular Baptists.
  And if some congregations are choosing denominationalism, who and where are they?
  The congregation in Basra is doing better and meets regularly now.
  Can we believe this and still worship in congregations that aren't racially diverse?
  You may find it impossible to buy or rent a building for your congregation's worship services, or even to conduct an open-air revival meeting.
2A gathering or collection of people, animals, or things.
（人或物的）一群，聚集的人（或物）
large congregations of birds may cause public harm
庞大的鸟群可能会成为公害。
Example sentencesExamples
- A small congregation of birds flew away in consternation.
- The drama can be witnessed when the sea hares are breeding, and large congregations of this common slug attract the handsome predators.
- There was much awkward silence at a recent congregation of Harvard grads gathered to wish him well.
- The initiative is a global congregation of universities and private firms striving to advance small satellite technology.
- The mass congregation of these animals is the biggest outside Kenya's Serengeti, and was earlier erroneously believed to be part of a migration.
- Outside, a congregation of Rris were gathered around a stall where a pair were bickering, their animated snarls carrying over the street sounds.
- The congregation of roosters gathered for the urgent aviary consultations nod in agreement.
- The Aberdeen fans rolled up in numbers, and there was a similarly impressive midfield congregation gandering forward to assist the hosts' attack in the early stages.
- If the birds are spreading it to each other, chances are large congregations of birds at a feeder could be infecting each other.
- The twins split off the second they saw the congregation of popular seniors.
- Of course, whenever birds are found in congregations it means only one thing - food.
- There was much upset in the village after a large congregation gathered in order to see the band.
Synonyms
gathering, assembly, flock, swarm, bevy, herd, pack, group, body, crowd, mass, multitude, horde, host, mob
1. 2.1 The action of gathering together in a crowd.
  集合，聚集
  drought conditions lead to congregation of animals around watering points
  干旱的环境促使动物聚集在饮水处四周。
  Example sentencesExamples
  This trend in modern suburbia has raised standards, creating more separate rooms in the house, freeing the living room from being a place of congregation for the entire family.
  The cinema house is still basically a social space for mass congregation.
3(in the Roman Catholic Church) a permanent committee of the College of Cardinals.
（天主教）红衣主教委员会
the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
宗教正统教义委员会。
Example sentencesExamples
- All matters of importance are referred to the general congregations, which since 1870 are held in the Vatican.
- And, of course the cardinals will be in their general congregation.
- There is, of course, secrecy over these general congregations.
- The primary duty and responsibility of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is to promote and preserve the Catholic Faith throughout the Church.
- Last August I was summoned to our provincial headquarters where I was given a 14-page communication from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
1. 3.1British (in some universities) a general assembly of resident senior members.
  〈英〉（一些大学中的）住校高级教职员大会
  Example sentencesExamples
  The defendants exercise control over the publisher through a committee nominated from the University Congregation and known as ‘The Delegates’.
  During the regular quarterly meeting of the University Congregation, two professors debated the merits of the departmental system, one recommending the greatest possible degree of consolidation, while the other argued that interdisciplinary needs could be met by a consolidated catalog and a system of underground book-railways linking the General and departmental libraries.
  If the Great Congregation was the legislative body of the University, Congregation was the executive body.
4A group of people obeying a common religious rule but under less solemn vows than members of the older religious orders.
圣会会众
the sisters of the Congregation of Our Lady
圣母会的女会员。
Example sentencesExamples
- The track has been adopted by religious congregations of all denominations across America for use in services.
- Thus, most Americans are members of a congregation that falls somewhere between these two extremes.
- The Baraka congregation also includes international members from as far away as Korea and Sweden.
- For young people who remain in congregations, worship is found to be interesting because it is an engaging intersection of the gospel with their lives.
- Generally speaking the members of an Anglican congregation either deny that they are Anglican, are tourists or mumble something before running away.
- In the Baptism liturgy, there is clear involvement of the whole congregation as a baptizing community.
- What role are congregations and other religious organizations likely to play in America's future social welfare system?
- Assemblies of God congregations, on the other hand, are more likely to contain only two groups.
- Sociological literature has addressed how religious ideals inform a congregation's public presence.
- Presumably the popularity of the name would outweigh any slight that Dominicans, Jesuits, or members of other orders and congregations might feel.
- In Hungary the religious congregations and their priests or ministers were supported by their respective mother churches through an obligatory religious tax.
- It is little coincidence that there are more Messianic congregations tightly packed into the peninsula of South Florida than any other similarly sized region in North America.
- He sets aside, for the most part, exegetical and systematic theological questions, as well as the subject of priests in religious orders and congregations.
- Finally, considered as parts of a social ecology, congregations of a religious district are social actors.
- All the initiated Sikhs form Panth, whereas all the members of a Sikh congregation form a Sangat or Sikh Sangat.
1. 4.1 A group of communities within a religious order sharing particular historical or regional links.
  修道会区
  Example sentencesExamples
  Added to these were the leadership and the interpersonal skills of the incumbent rabbi, who was much respected, both within and outside the congregation.
  Many of them wanted to use the lab both as an outreach program for the surrounding community and as a tool for Christian education within the congregation.
  For this reason he has encouraged the social committee to widen the scope of this year's fête, drawing in helpers from outside the congregation and offering to share any profits for the benefit of the town.
  Yet the Anglican Church in Africa will probably not be able to survive as we know it today if it is forced to cut off links with the congregation in the West on this issue.
  Much of our mission field in fact is within our own congregations.
  They close their eyes to the fact that not all religions nor every congregation within any given denomination agrees with their stance.
  There were several different ways women lived out their feminism within the same Catholic congregation.
  Such execution of discipline within Baptist congregations aided in weeding out members who failed to meet the community's standard of commitment and participation.
  In this process of mutual support, though, do they in any way create a congregation within the congregation?
  There were more German Catholics, who (with other German-speakers) formed their own communities or congregations in the capital cities.
  These congregations share both a territory and a set of differentiated social networks.
  Outreach can happen at various levels: worldwide, local, and within the congregation.
  How can communications equipment be shared fairly by multiple congregations?
  A congregation perceives its role within a community according to its core values.
  In our local congregations and within our denominations we would be on shaky ground if we based every decision on whether or not sensibilities in the group would be insulted by our conclusions.
  Particularly overlapping were the chapters on the pulpit and on congregations within a congregation.
  The spirit of the kehillah survived into the twentieth century in the form of landsmanshaft, separate societies existing within congregations in cities such as New York.
  Ten acres were donated to the church, which will raise money within the congregation to build a 7,000-seat sanctuary.

Origin

Late Middle English (in congregation (sense 2, congregation sense 3, congregation sense 4)): from Latin congregatio(n-), from congregare ‘collect (into a flock)’ (see congregate).

词汇	congregation
释义	Definition of congregation in English: congregation noun kɒŋɡrɪˈɡeɪʃ(ə)nˌkɑŋɡrəˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n 1A group of people assembled for religious worship. 宗教团体 the singing of psalms by the whole congregation Example sentencesExamples It brings much delight and refreshment to a congregation in the Prayer Meeting to hear one or two unfamiliar texts of the Bible quoted. Now people hop, skip, and jump among religious bodies and congregations, picking and choosing, paying their money and taking their choice. No longer will we sit silently in church conferences, conventions, assemblies or congregations where the Bible is used to caricature and condemn us. There should be hymn-singing by ragis or by the whole congregation. The whole congregation was asked to stand and join in prayer for us. What ought to be worship from a congregation has become entertainment for an audience. The congregation or assembly does not wait until worship is over before it proclaims the good news. Gathered in worship, a congregation will hear things its members will not hear elsewhere. In it the Epiklesis invokes the Holy Spirit over the assembled congregation, but not on the elements. If they did, they, too, would die, and God's wrath would come upon the whole congregation. Slowly various people throughout the whole congregation got to their feet, until finally all were standing. For this service the whole congregation stands throughout, as the doors of the Ark are open. The ministry and the budget need to reflect the assembled gifts of the congregation. For each song of the congregation throughout the worship service, the organist plays the same servant role. Mass congregations for a religious purpose must be banned, to avoid such tragedies as well as to avoid communal conflagrations. So she took her back home and she and her whole congregation prayed over her for her to heal. I find very few of these young adults in traditional worship services in congregations on Sunday mornings. In the congregation assembled for worship, these two movements meet, and the heavenly angels join the children of God in festal celebration. From the point of view of the religious congregations, seizing all opportunities to bring lay Jews closer to Orthodoxy, the shaitl did not seem to be a theme worthy of reflection. Society in general, and the general decline in the nation's moral responsibilities, is also named as the reason for dwindling congregations and religious desertion. Synonyms parishioners, parish, churchgoers, flock, fold, faithful, following, followers, adherents, believers, loyal members, fellowship, communicants, laity, brethren, brothers and sisters, souls 1.1 A group of people regularly attending a particular place of worship. 礼拜会会众；教堂会众 he was a member of the Emmanuel Chapel congregation 他是以马内利礼拜会会员。 Example sentencesExamples In those jobs they have been well received and proved themselves to be excellent pastoral workers, attending to their congregations with no less compassion and intelligence than their male counterparts. And if some congregations are choosing denominationalism, who and where are they? The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy. Now we have one or two homeless members that are a regular part of our congregation. You may find it impossible to buy or rent a building for your congregation's worship services, or even to conduct an open-air revival meeting. This ethos also leads the faith-based programs to encourage extended social ties between their low-income clients and local religious congregations. Can we believe this and still worship in congregations that aren't racially diverse? It will not take long, however, for the whole congregation to learn all the words. It was observed too, that while some religious congregations even-handedly promoted vocations to the vowed life and the laity, this was not universal. Eighteen religious congregations have now formally agreed to contribute 128 million to the State's compensation scheme. Today's architects reach for new forms of expression that will shape the life and worship of congregations. The congregation in Basra is doing better and meets regularly now. This was a list of their religious and social demands and included demands that ministers should be elected by the whole congregation and that they should teach the Holy Gospel in a pure and simple form. I struggled to attend worship and sing in the choir at my home congregation. All around the meeting place are blocks of flats and the congregation regularly does leaflet drops. Bishop Ryan is disappointed at falling Sunday Mass attendances but he recognises that congregations are now attending out of conviction rather than convention. The congregation regularly sponsors food bank drives and soup kitchens for the poor, many of whom are gambling addicts, and now faces eviction if the casino licence is approved. The core congregation that regularly goes to church is considerably smaller. Often it seemed that the message had transformed not merely the lives of individuals, but even whole congregations. They typically offered a more prominent role to women in their congregations than did the Regular Baptists. 2A gathering or collection of people, animals, or things. （人或物的）一群，聚集的人（或物） large congregations of birds may cause public harm 庞大的鸟群可能会成为公害。 Example sentencesExamples The congregation of roosters gathered for the urgent aviary consultations nod in agreement. A small congregation of birds flew away in consternation. If the birds are spreading it to each other, chances are large congregations of birds at a feeder could be infecting each other. The mass congregation of these animals is the biggest outside Kenya's Serengeti, and was earlier erroneously believed to be part of a migration. Of course, whenever birds are found in congregations it means only one thing - food. The Aberdeen fans rolled up in numbers, and there was a similarly impressive midfield congregation gandering forward to assist the hosts' attack in the early stages. The initiative is a global congregation of universities and private firms striving to advance small satellite technology. Outside, a congregation of Rris were gathered around a stall where a pair were bickering, their animated snarls carrying over the street sounds. There was much upset in the village after a large congregation gathered in order to see the band. The twins split off the second they saw the congregation of popular seniors. The drama can be witnessed when the sea hares are breeding, and large congregations of this common slug attract the handsome predators. There was much awkward silence at a recent congregation of Harvard grads gathered to wish him well. Synonyms gathering, assembly, flock, swarm, bevy, herd, pack, group, body, crowd, mass, multitude, horde, host, mob turnout, throng, company, rally, convocation, congress, council, conclave, synod, assemblage informal get-together historical conventicle 2.1mass noun The action of gathering together in a crowd. 集合，聚集 drought conditions lead to the congregation of animals around watering points 干旱的环境促使动物聚集在饮水处四周。 Example sentencesExamples The cinema house is still basically a social space for mass congregation. This trend in modern suburbia has raised standards, creating more separate rooms in the house, freeing the living room from being a place of congregation for the entire family. 3(in the Roman Catholic Church) a permanent committee of the College of Cardinals. （天主教）红衣主教委员会 the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith 宗教正统教义委员会。 Example sentencesExamples And, of course the cardinals will be in their general congregation. Last August I was summoned to our provincial headquarters where I was given a 14-page communication from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The primary duty and responsibility of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is to promote and preserve the Catholic Faith throughout the Church. There is, of course, secrecy over these general congregations. All matters of importance are referred to the general congregations, which since 1870 are held in the Vatican. 3.1British (in some universities) a general assembly of resident senior members. 〈英〉（一些大学中的）住校高级教职员大会 Example sentencesExamples During the regular quarterly meeting of the University Congregation, two professors debated the merits of the departmental system, one recommending the greatest possible degree of consolidation, while the other argued that interdisciplinary needs could be met by a consolidated catalog and a system of underground book-railways linking the General and departmental libraries. The defendants exercise control over the publisher through a committee nominated from the University Congregation and known as ‘The Delegates’. If the Great Congregation was the legislative body of the University, Congregation was the executive body. 4A group of people obeying a common religious rule but under less solemn vows than members of the older religious orders. 圣会会众 the sisters of the Congregation of Our Lady 圣母会的女会员。 Example sentencesExamples In the Baptism liturgy, there is clear involvement of the whole congregation as a baptizing community. Thus, most Americans are members of a congregation that falls somewhere between these two extremes. He sets aside, for the most part, exegetical and systematic theological questions, as well as the subject of priests in religious orders and congregations. Sociological literature has addressed how religious ideals inform a congregation's public presence. All the initiated Sikhs form Panth, whereas all the members of a Sikh congregation form a Sangat or Sikh Sangat. For young people who remain in congregations, worship is found to be interesting because it is an engaging intersection of the gospel with their lives. Generally speaking the members of an Anglican congregation either deny that they are Anglican, are tourists or mumble something before running away. Presumably the popularity of the name would outweigh any slight that Dominicans, Jesuits, or members of other orders and congregations might feel. It is little coincidence that there are more Messianic congregations tightly packed into the peninsula of South Florida than any other similarly sized region in North America. In Hungary the religious congregations and their priests or ministers were supported by their respective mother churches through an obligatory religious tax. What role are congregations and other religious organizations likely to play in America's future social welfare system? Assemblies of God congregations, on the other hand, are more likely to contain only two groups. Finally, considered as parts of a social ecology, congregations of a religious district are social actors. The Baraka congregation also includes international members from as far away as Korea and Sweden. The track has been adopted by religious congregations of all denominations across America for use in services. 4.1 A group of communities within a religious order sharing particular historical or regional links. 修道会区 Example sentencesExamples Many of them wanted to use the lab both as an outreach program for the surrounding community and as a tool for Christian education within the congregation. Yet the Anglican Church in Africa will probably not be able to survive as we know it today if it is forced to cut off links with the congregation in the West on this issue. How can communications equipment be shared fairly by multiple congregations? Particularly overlapping were the chapters on the pulpit and on congregations within a congregation. A congregation perceives its role within a community according to its core values. There were more German Catholics, who (with other German-speakers) formed their own communities or congregations in the capital cities. These congregations share both a territory and a set of differentiated social networks. In our local congregations and within our denominations we would be on shaky ground if we based every decision on whether or not sensibilities in the group would be insulted by our conclusions. There were several different ways women lived out their feminism within the same Catholic congregation. They close their eyes to the fact that not all religions nor every congregation within any given denomination agrees with their stance. Much of our mission field in fact is within our own congregations. Such execution of discipline within Baptist congregations aided in weeding out members who failed to meet the community's standard of commitment and participation. Ten acres were donated to the church, which will raise money within the congregation to build a 7,000-seat sanctuary. Outreach can happen at various levels: worldwide, local, and within the congregation. For this reason he has encouraged the social committee to widen the scope of this year's fête, drawing in helpers from outside the congregation and offering to share any profits for the benefit of the town. In this process of mutual support, though, do they in any way create a congregation within the congregation? The spirit of the kehillah survived into the twentieth century in the form of landsmanshaft, separate societies existing within congregations in cities such as New York. Added to these were the leadership and the interpersonal skills of the incumbent rabbi, who was much respected, both within and outside the congregation. 5rare A flock of plovers. this is a shorebird beach, with a congregation of plovers inhabiting it Example sentencesExamples The best mode of managing a large congregation of plovers is the hide two of three sportsmen at a distance of about 100 yards from each other. As usual, the local congregation of plovers has scattered at widespread intervals between the hundreds of the main constituents, a few black-headed gulls. There were masses of ducks, black swans, tremendous numbers of ibis, and a huge congregation of plovers. He pointed to a congregation of plovers just around the point. I watched the gulls and terns and a congregation of plovers who fed against the color-soaked sky. Origin Late Middle English (in sense 2, sense 3, sense 4): from Latin congregatio(n-), from congregare 'collect (into a flock)' (see congregate). Definition of congregation in US English: congregation nounˌkäNGɡrəˈɡāSH(ə)nˌkɑŋɡrəˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n 1A group of people assembled for religious worship. 宗教团体 Example sentencesExamples For each song of the congregation throughout the worship service, the organist plays the same servant role. No longer will we sit silently in church conferences, conventions, assemblies or congregations where the Bible is used to caricature and condemn us. Society in general, and the general decline in the nation's moral responsibilities, is also named as the reason for dwindling congregations and religious desertion. So she took her back home and she and her whole congregation prayed over her for her to heal. It brings much delight and refreshment to a congregation in the Prayer Meeting to hear one or two unfamiliar texts of the Bible quoted. Slowly various people throughout the whole congregation got to their feet, until finally all were standing. I find very few of these young adults in traditional worship services in congregations on Sunday mornings. What ought to be worship from a congregation has become entertainment for an audience. Gathered in worship, a congregation will hear things its members will not hear elsewhere. There should be hymn-singing by ragis or by the whole congregation. Mass congregations for a religious purpose must be banned, to avoid such tragedies as well as to avoid communal conflagrations. From the point of view of the religious congregations, seizing all opportunities to bring lay Jews closer to Orthodoxy, the shaitl did not seem to be a theme worthy of reflection. The congregation or assembly does not wait until worship is over before it proclaims the good news. The whole congregation was asked to stand and join in prayer for us. The ministry and the budget need to reflect the assembled gifts of the congregation. Now people hop, skip, and jump among religious bodies and congregations, picking and choosing, paying their money and taking their choice. In the congregation assembled for worship, these two movements meet, and the heavenly angels join the children of God in festal celebration. In it the Epiklesis invokes the Holy Spirit over the assembled congregation, but not on the elements. For this service the whole congregation stands throughout, as the doors of the Ark are open. If they did, they, too, would die, and God's wrath would come upon the whole congregation. Synonyms parishioners, parish, churchgoers, flock, fold, faithful, following, followers, adherents, believers, loyal members, fellowship, communicants, laity, brethren, brothers and sisters, souls 1.1 A group of people regularly attending a particular place of worship. 礼拜会会众；教堂会众 that church took the place of the storefront the congregation had used before the war Example sentencesExamples This ethos also leads the faith-based programs to encourage extended social ties between their low-income clients and local religious congregations. The congregation regularly sponsors food bank drives and soup kitchens for the poor, many of whom are gambling addicts, and now faces eviction if the casino licence is approved. Often it seemed that the message had transformed not merely the lives of individuals, but even whole congregations. In those jobs they have been well received and proved themselves to be excellent pastoral workers, attending to their congregations with no less compassion and intelligence than their male counterparts. All around the meeting place are blocks of flats and the congregation regularly does leaflet drops. It will not take long, however, for the whole congregation to learn all the words. It was observed too, that while some religious congregations even-handedly promoted vocations to the vowed life and the laity, this was not universal. Eighteen religious congregations have now formally agreed to contribute 128 million to the State's compensation scheme. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy. Bishop Ryan is disappointed at falling Sunday Mass attendances but he recognises that congregations are now attending out of conviction rather than convention. Now we have one or two homeless members that are a regular part of our congregation. Today's architects reach for new forms of expression that will shape the life and worship of congregations. The core congregation that regularly goes to church is considerably smaller. This was a list of their religious and social demands and included demands that ministers should be elected by the whole congregation and that they should teach the Holy Gospel in a pure and simple form. I struggled to attend worship and sing in the choir at my home congregation. They typically offered a more prominent role to women in their congregations than did the Regular Baptists. And if some congregations are choosing denominationalism, who and where are they? The congregation in Basra is doing better and meets regularly now. Can we believe this and still worship in congregations that aren't racially diverse? You may find it impossible to buy or rent a building for your congregation's worship services, or even to conduct an open-air revival meeting. 2A gathering or collection of people, animals, or things. （人或物的）一群，聚集的人（或物） large congregations of birds may cause public harm 庞大的鸟群可能会成为公害。 Example sentencesExamples A small congregation of birds flew away in consternation. The drama can be witnessed when the sea hares are breeding, and large congregations of this common slug attract the handsome predators. There was much awkward silence at a recent congregation of Harvard grads gathered to wish him well. The initiative is a global congregation of universities and private firms striving to advance small satellite technology. The mass congregation of these animals is the biggest outside Kenya's Serengeti, and was earlier erroneously believed to be part of a migration. Outside, a congregation of Rris were gathered around a stall where a pair were bickering, their animated snarls carrying over the street sounds. The congregation of roosters gathered for the urgent aviary consultations nod in agreement. The Aberdeen fans rolled up in numbers, and there was a similarly impressive midfield congregation gandering forward to assist the hosts' attack in the early stages. If the birds are spreading it to each other, chances are large congregations of birds at a feeder could be infecting each other. The twins split off the second they saw the congregation of popular seniors. Of course, whenever birds are found in congregations it means only one thing - food. There was much upset in the village after a large congregation gathered in order to see the band. Synonyms gathering, assembly, flock, swarm, bevy, herd, pack, group, body, crowd, mass, multitude, horde, host, mob 2.1 The action of gathering together in a crowd. 集合，聚集 drought conditions lead to congregation of animals around watering points 干旱的环境促使动物聚集在饮水处四周。 Example sentencesExamples This trend in modern suburbia has raised standards, creating more separate rooms in the house, freeing the living room from being a place of congregation for the entire family. The cinema house is still basically a social space for mass congregation. 3(in the Roman Catholic Church) a permanent committee of the College of Cardinals. （天主教）红衣主教委员会 the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith 宗教正统教义委员会。 Example sentencesExamples All matters of importance are referred to the general congregations, which since 1870 are held in the Vatican. And, of course the cardinals will be in their general congregation. There is, of course, secrecy over these general congregations. The primary duty and responsibility of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is to promote and preserve the Catholic Faith throughout the Church. Last August I was summoned to our provincial headquarters where I was given a 14-page communication from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. 3.1British (in some universities) a general assembly of resident senior members. 〈英〉（一些大学中的）住校高级教职员大会 Example sentencesExamples The defendants exercise control over the publisher through a committee nominated from the University Congregation and known as ‘The Delegates’. During the regular quarterly meeting of the University Congregation, two professors debated the merits of the departmental system, one recommending the greatest possible degree of consolidation, while the other argued that interdisciplinary needs could be met by a consolidated catalog and a system of underground book-railways linking the General and departmental libraries. If the Great Congregation was the legislative body of the University, Congregation was the executive body. 4A group of people obeying a common religious rule but under less solemn vows than members of the older religious orders. 圣会会众 the sisters of the Congregation of Our Lady 圣母会的女会员。 Example sentencesExamples The track has been adopted by religious congregations of all denominations across America for use in services. Thus, most Americans are members of a congregation that falls somewhere between these two extremes. The Baraka congregation also includes international members from as far away as Korea and Sweden. For young people who remain in congregations, worship is found to be interesting because it is an engaging intersection of the gospel with their lives. Generally speaking the members of an Anglican congregation either deny that they are Anglican, are tourists or mumble something before running away. In the Baptism liturgy, there is clear involvement of the whole congregation as a baptizing community. What role are congregations and other religious organizations likely to play in America's future social welfare system? Assemblies of God congregations, on the other hand, are more likely to contain only two groups. Sociological literature has addressed how religious ideals inform a congregation's public presence. Presumably the popularity of the name would outweigh any slight that Dominicans, Jesuits, or members of other orders and congregations might feel. In Hungary the religious congregations and their priests or ministers were supported by their respective mother churches through an obligatory religious tax. It is little coincidence that there are more Messianic congregations tightly packed into the peninsula of South Florida than any other similarly sized region in North America. He sets aside, for the most part, exegetical and systematic theological questions, as well as the subject of priests in religious orders and congregations. Finally, considered as parts of a social ecology, congregations of a religious district are social actors. All the initiated Sikhs form Panth, whereas all the members of a Sikh congregation form a Sangat or Sikh Sangat. 4.1 A group of communities within a religious order sharing particular historical or regional links. 修道会区 Example sentencesExamples Added to these were the leadership and the interpersonal skills of the incumbent rabbi, who was much respected, both within and outside the congregation. Many of them wanted to use the lab both as an outreach program for the surrounding community and as a tool for Christian education within the congregation. For this reason he has encouraged the social committee to widen the scope of this year's fête, drawing in helpers from outside the congregation and offering to share any profits for the benefit of the town. Yet the Anglican Church in Africa will probably not be able to survive as we know it today if it is forced to cut off links with the congregation in the West on this issue. Much of our mission field in fact is within our own congregations. They close their eyes to the fact that not all religions nor every congregation within any given denomination agrees with their stance. There were several different ways women lived out their feminism within the same Catholic congregation. Such execution of discipline within Baptist congregations aided in weeding out members who failed to meet the community's standard of commitment and participation. In this process of mutual support, though, do they in any way create a congregation within the congregation? There were more German Catholics, who (with other German-speakers) formed their own communities or congregations in the capital cities. These congregations share both a territory and a set of differentiated social networks. Outreach can happen at various levels: worldwide, local, and within the congregation. How can communications equipment be shared fairly by multiple congregations? A congregation perceives its role within a community according to its core values. In our local congregations and within our denominations we would be on shaky ground if we based every decision on whether or not sensibilities in the group would be insulted by our conclusions. Particularly overlapping were the chapters on the pulpit and on congregations within a congregation. The spirit of the kehillah survived into the twentieth century in the form of landsmanshaft, separate societies existing within congregations in cities such as New York. Ten acres were donated to the church, which will raise money within the congregation to build a 7,000-seat sanctuary. Origin Late Middle English (in congregation (sense 2, congregation sense 3, congregation sense 4)): from Latin congregatio(n-), from congregare ‘collect (into a flock)’ (see congregate).
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