Congregation
[kɒŋgrɪ'geɪʃ(ə)n] or [,kɑŋɡrɪ'ɡeʃən]
解釋/意思:
(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
解釋/意思:
(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.
編輯:特鲁迪
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Assembly, meeting, collection.
格思里整理
同義詞及反義詞:
[See AGGREGATION]
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例句/造句/用法:
- At one point in the service a bell would be rung and a mirror lifted up, while the whole congregation, in an access of reverence, bowed lower. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- He asked that the church be restored to the former congregation. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The congregation was dismissed with the notice that there would be no evening service. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- But he was still left alone in it when the congregation had assembled. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- But, said he, it proved a dear cap to our congregation. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Almost every different congregation might probably have had a little sect by itself, or have entertained some peculiar tenets of its own. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Their presence was denoted by sounds as of a congregation praying humbly, produced by their rubbing against each other in the slow wind. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Again, I see her dark eyes roll round the church when she says 'miserable sinners', as if she were calling all the congregation names. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The sermon found an end; the benediction was pronounced; the congregation dispersed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- They did not hear the noise which disturbed our little congregation at Brussels. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- She proposed to resume this exercise on the present day, with Amelia and the wounded ensign for a congregation. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I see him now, going away in custody, despised by the congregation. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- I told him that no order had been issued prohibiting the congregation attending the church. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- We now watched this youthful congregation with redoubled interest. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Such the church-yard, such the requiem, such the eternal congregation, that waited on our companion's funeral! 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Two different congregations are not allowed to enter at the same time, however, because they always fight. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- He entered the churches, and foretold to the congregations their speedy removal to the vaults below. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Though made up of widely scattered congregations, it was thought of as one body of Christ, one people of God. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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