[
US
/ˌkɑŋɡɹəˈɡeɪʃən/
]
[ UK /kˌɒŋɡɹɪɡˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /kˌɒŋɡɹɪɡˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
-
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 - the act of congregating
How To Use congregation In A Sentence
- It was of a suitable Ash Wednesday character and left the congregation feeling sober and a little cast down.
- It is, in my judgment, a very laudable course of some churches, that use, for the next three days together, to desire the congregation to join in earnest prayer to God for the opening of the sinner's eyes, and the softening of his heart, and the saving of him from impenitency and eternal death. The Reformed Pastor
- The diocese has 25 parochial units, 90 congregations, 13 Rectors, 5 non stipendiary ministers, 11 lay readers 70 parish readers and between 7000 to 7500 Church of Ireland members.
- Bishop Bernard Fellay revealed to ZENIT that the congregation told him to expect the publication of a statement issued "motu proprio" (on his own initiative) by Benedict XVI on the new structure of Ecclesia Dei before June 20. Fellay: Restructuring of Ecclesia Dei Imminent
- This is important for determining the extent to which the congregation may participate in the prayer.
- Another member of the congregation is believed to have been on the coach trip.
- Every year, he held a week of evangelistic meetings in his own congregation.
- He knew some members of the congregation, including the president, grew restive during his discourse, and would have preferred a more oratorical, hortative style, but he felt his type of sermon was more in keeping with his basic function of teacher, implicit in the word "rabbi. Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry
- The church has a spacious yard on the right side where several leafy trees grow and which are used as a parking space for the congregation on Sunday.
- Our congregations as a gathered priesthood meet for the purpose of being equipped for mission in the world.