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Dictionary: con·gre·ga·tion   (kŏng'grĭ-gā'shən) pronunciation
n.
  1. The act of assembling.
  2. A body of assembled people or things; a gathering.
    1. A group of people gathered for religious worship.
    2. The members of a specific religious group who regularly worship at a church or synagogue.
  3. Roman Catholic Church.
    1. A religious institute in which only simple vows, not solemn vows, are taken.
    2. A division of the Curia.

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noun

    A number of persons who have come or been gathered together: assemblage, assembly, body, company, conclave, conference, congress, convention, convocation, crowd, gathering, group, meeting, muster, troop. Informal get-together. See collect/distribute.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
  Synonyms: fold, faithful

Meaning #2: an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together

Meaning #3: the act of congregating
  Synonym: congregating


Wikipedia: Congregation
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A congregation is an assembly of people for a given purpose, a corporate body whose members gather for worship, or the members of such a body.

Examples of congregations include:

  • Those gathered for worship on a particular occasion, or those who may habitually attend a place of worship such as Mosque,(Masjid) churches, synagogues, or temples. Congregations may be recognized or have their formal or informal organizational name include the name of the place of worship they attend or administer.
  • Congregation (Roman Curia) - an administrative body of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Congregation (Catholic) - a religious institute in which only simple vows, not solemn vows, are taken
  • Congregation (university) - an assembly of senior members of a university
  • Congregation (human geography) - the territorial and residential clustering of specific groups or subgroups of people

Congregation may also be:

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Translations: Congregation
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - menighed, forsamling, kongregation

Nederlands (Dutch)
verzameling, menigte, congregatie, religieuze gemeente

Français (French)
n. - (Relig) assemblée des fidèles, paroissiens, congrégation, (GB, Univ) assemblée générale des professeurs

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gemeinde, Kongregation

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συνάθροιση, σύναξη, ομήγυρη, εκκλησίασμα

Italiano (Italian)
congregazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - congregação (m) (Rel.), reunião (f)

Русский (Russian)
собрание, паства

Español (Spanish)
n. - congregación, cofradía

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - samling, församling, kongregation (kyrkl.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
集合, 会集, 会众, 集会, 宗教团体

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 集合, 會集, 會眾, 集會, 宗教團體

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 집합, 회중 , 그리스도 교회

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 集まり, 会衆, 集会

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) محفل, حشد, جمع, مجلس الجامعه, جماعه المصلين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ציבור מתפללים, קהל, התקהלות‬


 
 
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