CONGREGATION
\kˌɒŋɡɹɪɡˈe͡ɪʃən], \kˌɒŋɡɹɪɡˈeɪʃən], \k_ˌɒ_ŋ_ɡ_ɹ_ɪ_ɡ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of CONGREGATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the act of congregating
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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"
By Princeton University
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the act of congregating
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By James Champlin Fernald
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A collection or mass of separate things.
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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.
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The whole body of the Jewish people; -- called also Congregation of the Lord.
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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.
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The assemblage of Masters and Doctors at Oxford or Cambrige University, mainly for the granting of degrees.
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the name assumed by the Protestant party under John Knox. The leaders called themselves (1557) Lords of the Congregation.
By Oddity Software
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An assembly, especially for worship.
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Congregational.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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An assemblage; an assembly of people for religious worship, especially one habitually meeting in the same place for that purpose; an assembly of rulers; an assembly of ecclesiastics or cardinals. At the university of Oxford, the assembly of masters and doctors.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. Act of congregating or assembling; —a collection of separate things; —an assembly of persons, especially for the worship of God.
