
1) Assemblage 2) Congregating 3) Crowd 4) Ecclesia 5) Flock 6) Fold 7) Gathering 8) Group 9) Laity 10) Meeting
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1) Assemblage 2) Faithful 3) Fold 4) French word used in English 5) Group of worshippers 6) Social group 7) The act of congregating
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[Catholic] The term `congregation` can refer to any of three types of administrative structures within the Catholic Church: == Department of the Roman Curia == The term `congregation` is used for the highest-ranking departments of the Roman Curia. Lower-ranking departments include pontifical councils, pontifical commissions, tribunals, and ...
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[Roman Curia] The highest-ranking departments of the Roman Curia (the central administration of the Catholic Church) are called congregations. Lower-ranking are the pontifical councils and pontifical commissions. Others are tribunals and offices. In origin, the congregations were selected groups of cardinals, not the whole College of Cardin...
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[university] A Congregation is a formal meeting of senior members of a university, especially in the United Kingdom. Examples include the Regent House in the University of Cambridge, and the House of Congregation and the Ancient House of Congregation in the University of Oxford. In recent times, very few Congregations have actually been hel...
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• (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 in...
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[Noun] A group of people attending a religious service.
Example: The church minister led the congregation in worship.
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an assembly of persons, especially a body assembled for religious worship or habitually attending a particular church. The word occurs more than 350 ... [8 related articles]
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Con`gre·ga'tion noun [ Latin congregatio : confer French congrégation .] 1. The act of congregating, or bringing together, or of collecting into one aggregate or mass. « The means of reduction in the fire is but by the congregation of homogeneal parts. Bacon.
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Congregation is the collective noun for a group of plovers.
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Any local gathering of believers for worship. This can be thought of as a more inclusive term for church, since many religious traditions use different names for their place of worship. Usually this refers to a building or physical structure, but it also could refer to a more fluid group of people without a specific building (e.g. a ‘congregationÂ...
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The activities of the Holy See are conducted through various offices or congregations. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has as its duty the promotion and safeguarding of Catholic faith and morals, and is currently competent to address the delict of sexual abuse of minors. The Congregation advises a diocesan bishop or religious ordin...
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n] - a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church 2. [n] - an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together 3. [n] - the act of congregating
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congregation Flocking together; as, in a church.
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describes a flock or group of plovers and are known as wing when the plovers are in flight.
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is used in four distinct senses, to mean a type of department in the Roman Curia, a type of religious institute, or some groups of Augustinian, Benedictine, and Cistercian houses, and a gathering of the faithful in church.
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fold noun a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
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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. ...
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a group of people who habitually attend a given church
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the act of assembling
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