congregation
会众,聚会,教众,教会
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Definitions
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- : 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 , and the Gibeonites.