congregation
Meaning of congregation
noun
- The act of congregating or collecting together.
- A gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsory form).
- A Roman Congregation, a main department of the Vatican administration of the Catholic Church.
- A corporate body whose members gather for worship, or the members of such a body.
- Any large gathering of people.
- A group of eagles.
- (Oxford University) The main body of university staff, comprising academics, administrative staff, heads of colleges, etc.
Information about congregation
- It is a name.
- The plural form of congregation is: congregations.
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Hyphenation of congregation
con-gre-ga-tion
- It consists of 4 syllables and 12 chars.
- congregation is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
congregation synonyms
Meaning fold:
Meaning congregating:
Translation of congregation
- Spanish: congregación, reunión, agrupación
- German: Kongregation, Ansammlung, Versammlung
- French: congrégation, rassemblement, regroupement
- Italian: congregazione
- Portuguese: congregação
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