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congregation

/kong-gri-gey-shuhn/US // ˌkɒŋ grɪˈgeɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌkɒŋɡrɪˈɡeɪʃən) //

会众,聚会,教众,教会

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an assembly of persons brought together for common religious worship.
    • : the act of congregating or the state of being congregated.
    • : a gathered or assembled body; assemblage.
    • : an organization formed for the purpose of providing for worship of God, for religious education, and for other church activities; a local church society.
    • : the people of Israel. Exodus 12:3,6; Leviticus 4:13.
    • : New Testament. the Christian church in general.
    • : Roman Catholic Church. a committee of cardinals or other ecclesiastics.a community of men or women, either with or without vows, observing a common rule.
    • : the general assembly of the doctors, fellows, etc.
    • : a parish, town, plantation, or other settlement.

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Examples

  • Adults baptized in the Holy Spirit have their faith reborn and strengthened by members of the congregation laying their hands on them.

  • As most don’t regularly gather like a church congregation, religiously unaffiliated Americans can be difficult to reach.

  • Suddenly he understood that his efforts to protect his congregation from covid-19 had contributed to a different sort of infection.

  • Many of them are too busy helping their congregations deal with the direct impact of the pandemic to spend much time countering conspiracy theories.

  • Art is all about congregation, and it can have supportive factors online.

  • The congregation was warm, friendly, and welcoming—traits, he says, he later came to believe they used to coax members in.

  • Looking at the all-white congregation, I could tell that none of the members lived in the projects.

  • One woman, BB, is a former pastor who was outed to her congregation before she could even tell her loved ones.

  • Members of the congregation will join in hymns during the performance.

  • I asked a question once, from the top lay-member of our congregation in Greenhaven.

  • She and her husband were more than a little proud of having so well known a man in their congregation.

  • Another such case is found in the account of the league between Joshua and the princes of the congregation, and the Gibeonites.

  • The congregation, forgetting the sacredness of the place, were in a broad grin, and the parson looked daggers.

  • The counters and sticks seemed to exercise great influence over the congregation, for it was only round them that they gathered.

  • If Jason had married Selina without opposition, his congregation would have been enraged.