Antonyms for congregation


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kong-gri-gey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒŋ grɪˈgeɪ ʃən


Definition of congregation

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "a gathering, assembly," from Old French congregacion (12c., Modern French congrégation), from Latin congregationem (nominative congregatio), noun of action from congregare (see congregate).
  • Used by Tyndale to translate Greek ekklesia in New Testament and by some Old Testament translators in place of synagoge. (Vulgate uses a variety of words in these cases, including congregatio but also ecclesia, vulgus, synagoga, populus.) Protestant reformers in 16c. used it in place of church; hence the word's main modern sense of "local society of believers" (1520s).
  • noun assembled group, especially concerned with church-going
Example sentences :
  • I received no answer, and then I turned to the congregation.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • She has many judicious helpers in her father's congregation.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • In this instance it was hard to say which was the more surprised, the revivalist or the congregation.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • And presently his surprise was reflected by the congregation.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • The nave of the church is now filled with seats for the use of the congregation.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • There was a remarkably agreeable smell of pomatum in this congregation.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • Why should the Congregation of the Index threaten his work with interdiction?
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Was that one of the crimes denounced to the Congregation of the Index?
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • He doesn't belong to the Congregation; he may have been led into error.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • You told me, I remember, that he is the reporter of the Congregation in that affair of your book.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for congregation

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