Congregation
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Congregation
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1 n.
The act of congregating, or bringing together, or of collecting into one aggregate or mass.
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2 n.
A collection or mass of separate things.
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3 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.
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4 n.
The whole body of the Jewish people; -- called also Congregation of the Lord.
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5 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.
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6 n.
A company of religious persons forming a subdivision of a monastic order.
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7 n.
The assemblage of Masters and Doctors at Oxford or Cambrige University, mainly for the granting of degrees.
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8 n.
the name assumed by the Protestant party under John Knox. The leaders called themselves (1557) Lords of the Congregation.
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9 n.
The act of congregating, or bringing together, or of collecting into one aggregate or mass.
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10 n.
A collection or mass of separate things.
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11 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.
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12 n.
The whole body of the Jewish people; -- called also Congregation of the Lord.
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13 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.
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14 n.
A company of religious persons forming a subdivision of a monastic order.
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15 n.
The assemblage of Masters and Doctors at Oxford or Cambrige University, mainly for the granting of degrees.
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16 n.
the name assumed by the Protestant party under John Knox. The leaders called themselves (1557) Lords of the Congregation.