CONGREGATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does congregation mean?
• CONGREGATION (noun)
The noun CONGREGATION has 3 senses:
1. a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
2. an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together
3. the act of congregating
Familiarity information: CONGREGATION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• CONGREGATION (noun)
Meaning:
A group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
congregation; faithful; fold
Hypernyms ("congregation" is a kind of...):
social group (people sharing some social relation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "congregation"):
flock (a church congregation guided by a pastor)
Holonyms ("congregation" is a member of...):
denomination (a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith)
Meaning:
An assemblage of people or animals or things collected together
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context examples:
a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph / a great congregation of birds flew over
Hypernyms ("congregation" is a kind of...):
accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)
Meaning:
The act of congregating
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
congregating; congregation
Hypernyms ("congregation" is a kind of...):
assemblage; assembly; gathering (the social act of assembling)
