Synonyms for congregation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kong-gri-gey-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒŋ grɪˈgeɪ ʃən |
Top 10 synonyms for congregation Other synonyms for the word congregation
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for congregation
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