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Meanings of congregation in English

Portuguese
congregação
Catalan
fidel

A group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church.

congregação
Portuguese
congregação
Catalan
congregació
Spanish
reunión

The act of congregating.

congregação
Russian
конгрегация
Portuguese
congregação
Catalan
congregació de la cúria romana
Spanish
congregación de la curia romana

A type of department of the Curia of Roman Catholicism.

конгрегация
Synonyms
Examples for "sacred congregation"
Examples for "sacred congregation"
1
Now it is the sacred congregation in Heaven:-
Milton
2
They are divided into committees called sacred congregations, each having, its special work to perform.
A Catechism of Christian Doctrine
3
Jacobini, the Secretary of the Sacred Congregation De Propagatione Fide, which condemned the Tribute owing to the Land League agitation.
Ireland and the Home Rule Movement
4
This is one of the duties of bishops, and, in a most special manner, of the Sacred Congregation of the Index.
The Education of Catholic Girls
5
We shall find the Indulgences granted by the Church in the declarations of the Pope and of the Sacred Congregation of Cardinals.
A Catechism of Christian Doctrine
Usage of congregation in English
1
However, they both need to come to the front of the congregation.
The South African
2
Officials declined to release the content of Jeffs' message to his congregation.
Reuters
3
This time, however, the congregation was joined as one, united in grief.
The Guardian
4
Then she had been interested in the congregation as it rustled in.
Fanny Herself
5
The Dublin congregation has been without a resident minister for four years.
The Irish Times
6
In a position of dignity the Temple Barholm pews over-looked the congregation.
T. Tembarom
7
And again: Several in the congregation talked out loud and laughed continuously.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 / Little J...
8
The congregation was much larger than was customary even in the church.
The Last Chronicle of Barset
9
The law was his bible and Scott was listening in the congregation.
Terminal Compromise
10
I was asked to look after this congregation when your predecessor left.
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
11
A decade ago, Dublin's Unitarian Church had a congregation of just 30.
The Irish Times
12
The teachers were merely the older and abler members of the congregation.
The History of Education / Educational Practice and Progress Con...
13
There were some excellent untrained voices, in the choir and the congregation.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
14
The old minister closed the Book and looked out over the congregation.
Children of the Tenements
15
A crispation of interest passed over the congregation; every chin was raised.
The Imperialist
16
For it is a shame for women to speak in the congregation.
The first New Testament printed in English
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Congregation across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
New Zealand
Common
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