Congregation Definition
kŏnggrĭ-gāshən
congregations
noun
congregations
The act of assembling.
American Heritage
A congregating or being congregated.
Webster's New World
A gathering of people or things; assemblage.
Webster's New World
An assembly of people for religious worship or teaching.
Webster's New World
The members of a particular place of worship.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Congregation
Noun
Singular:
congregation
Plural:
congregationsOrigin of Congregation
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From Old French congregacion, from Latin congregātiō, from congregare "to herd together", itself from com- "together" + gregare "to collect into a flock, gather" (from grex "a flock, herd"); adopted c.1340 by the English Bible translator William Tyndale, to render the Greek (ekklesia) ('those called together, (popular) meeting'; hence Latin ecclesia 'church') in his New Testament, and preferred by 16th century Reformers instead of church.
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