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noun

Congregation n.

1.

The act of congregating, or bringing together, or of collecting into one aggregate or mass. "The means of reduction in the fire is but by the congregation of homogeneal parts."

2.

A collection or mass of separate things. "A foul and pestilent congregation of vapors."

3.

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. "He (Bunyan) rode every year to London, and preached there to large and attentive congregations."

4.

(Anc. Jewish Hist.) The whole body of the Jewish people; called also Congregation of the Lord. "It is a sin offering for the congregation."

5.

(R. C. Ch.)

(a)

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.

(b)

A company of religious persons forming a subdivision of a monastic order.

6.

The assemblage of Masters and Doctors at Oxford or Cambrige University, mainly for the granting of degrees. (Eng.)

7.

(Scotch Church Hist.) The name assumed by the Protestant party under John Knox. The leaders called themselves (1557) Lords of the Congregation.

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"Congregation" Quotes from Famous Books

... Squire, the parson was very solemn, and I just closed my eyes in order to think the better with myself, just the same as youd put in the dead-lights to make all snug, and when I opened them agin I found the congregation were getting under way for home, so I calculated the ten minutes would cover the leeway after the glass was out. It was only some such matter ...

— The Pioneers • James Fenimore Cooper

... Richmond, during the day, of the condition of affairs, and told them it would be impossible for him to hold out longer than night, if he could hold out that long. Davis was at church when he received Lee's dispatch. The congregation was dismissed with the notice that there would be no evening service. The rebel government left Richmond about two o'clock in ...

— Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete • Ulysses S. Grant

... a glass of wine and a plate of macaroons. Boultby's churchwardens, patrons of the Sunday school both, as he insisted on their being, were already beside him; Mrs. Sykes and the other ladies of his congregation were on his right hand and on his left, expressing their hopes that he was not fatigued, their fears that the day would be too warm for him. Mrs. Boultby, who held an opinion that when her lord dropped asleep after a good dinner his face became as ...

— Shirley • Charlotte Bronte

... to make in behalf of his religion. Helen played it with uncommon skill—a skill born of a passionate appreciation of music in its highest forms. The Rev. Mr. Hill listened like one entranced, but Helen played unconscious of his admiration. On the outskirts of the congregation she observed Mrs. Stucky, and by her side a young man with long, sandy hair, evidently uncombed, and a thin stubble of beard. Helen saw this young man pull Mrs. Stucky by the sleeve, and direct her attention to the organ. Instead of looking in Helen's direction, Mrs. Stucky ...

— Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches • Joel Chandler Harris

... September, he received a call from the English Congregation at Frankfort on the Maine, to become their minister. He accepted the invitation, and repaired ...

— The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) • John Knox

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