Congregation Synonyms & Definitions

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• CongregationDefinition & Meaning in English

(n.) 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.
(n.) A collection or mass of separate things.
(n.) The act of congregating, or bringing together, or of collecting into one aggregate or mass.
(n.) The assemblage of Masters and Doctors at Oxford or Cambrige University, mainly for the granting of degrees.
(n.) The whole body of the Jewish people; -- called also Congregation of the Lord.
(n.) the name assumed by the Protestant party under John Knox. The leaders called themselves (1557) Lords of the Congregation.
(n.) A company of religious persons forming a subdivision of a monastic order.
(n.) 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.

• CongregationalDefinition & Meaning in English

(a.) Of or pertaining to a congregation; conducted, or participated in, by a congregation; as, congregational singing.
(a.) Belonging to the system of Congregationalism, or to Congregationalist; holding to the faith and polity of Congregationalism; as, a Congregational church.