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Definition of Congregation

Congregation The act of congregating, or bringing together, or of collecting into one aggregate or mass. A collection or mass of separate things. 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. The whole body of the Jewish people; -- called also Congregation of the Lord. 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. A company of religious persons forming a subdivision of a monastic order. The assemblage of Masters and Doctors at Oxford or Cambrige University, mainly for the granting of degrees. the name assumed by the Protestant party under John Knox. The leaders called themselves (1557) Lords of the Congregation. Related Definitions: Act, Aggregate, Also, An, And, As, Assemblage, Assembly, Assumed, At, Body, Bringing, Business, By, Called, Catholic, Charge, Church, Collecting, Collection, Company, Congregating, Congregation, Department, For, Forming, Gathering, God, Granting, Has, Instruction, Into, Intrusted, Jewish, John, Lord, Mainly, Mass, Meet, Met, Monastic, Name, Of, One, Or, Order, Other, Oxford, Party, People, Propaganda, Protestant, Religious, Roman, Separate, So, Some, Subdivision, The, Themselves, To, Together, Under, University, Which, Who, Whole, Whom, Worship

Congregation Quotations Jesus gives his life for the congregation, not the other way around. Rob Walton My wife and I are affiliated with a temple here in Los Angeles. We feel very close to the congregation and to the rabbi, who happens to be my wife's cousin and who I admire greatly. I talk to him regularly but I consider myself more spiritual than religious. Leonard Nimoy There are congressmen in our congregation, judges, federal reserve governors. And there are also people who are homeless and some who are mentally ill. To be able to talk to each of those people is something that I've had to learn how to do over the years. James Green Somerville I've traveled all over the country for years speaking in churches, teaching the Ten Commandments. It's amazing if 2 percent of any congregation knows the Ten Commandments. Randall Terry Washington is a great international city and in the congregation we have people who are rich and poor, black and white, and from every part of the world. James Green Somerville

Congregation Translations congregation in German is Versammlung

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