Congregation

[kɒŋgrɪ'geɪʃ(ə)n] or [,kɑŋɡrɪ'ɡeʃən]

解释:

(noun.) the act of congregating.

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church.

手打:威特--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The act of congregating, or bringing together, or of collecting into one aggregate or mass.

(n.) A collection or mass of separate things.

(n.) 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.

(n.) The whole body of the Jewish people; -- called also Congregation of the Lord.

(n.) 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.

(n.) A company of religious persons forming a subdivision of a monastic order.

(n.) The assemblage of Masters and Doctors at Oxford or Cambrige University, mainly for the granting of degrees.

(n.) the name assumed by the Protestant party under John Knox. The leaders called themselves (1557) Lords of the Congregation.

编辑:特鲁迪

同义词及近义词：

n. Assembly, meeting, collection.

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同义词及反义词：

[See AGGREGATION]

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