congregation 音标拼音: [k
, ɑŋgrəg'eʃən]
n . 集合,会合
集合,会合
congregation n 1 :
a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church [
synonym : {
congregation },
{
fold }, {
faithful }]
2 :
an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together ; "
a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph "; "
a great congregation of birds flew over "
3 :
the act of congregating [
synonym : {
congregation }, {
congregating }]
Congregation \
Con `
gre *
ga "
tion \,
n . [
L .
congregatio :
cf .
F .
congr ['
e ]
gation .]
1 .
The act of congregating ,
or bringing together ,
or of collecting into one aggregate or mass .
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The means of reduction in the fire is but by the congregation of homogeneal parts . --
Bacon .
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2 .
A collection or mass of separate things .
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A foul and pestilent congregation of vapors . --
Shak .
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3 .
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 .
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He [
Bunyan ]
rode every year to London ,
and preached there to large and attentive congregations .
--
Macaulay .
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4 . (
Anc .
Jewish Hist .)
The whole body of the Jewish people ;
--
called also {
Congregation of the Lord }.
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It is a sin offering for the congregation . --
Lev .
iv .
21 .
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5 . (
R .
C .
Ch .)
(
a )
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 .
(
b )
A company of religious persons forming a subdivision of a monastic order .
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6 .
The assemblage of Masters and Doctors at Oxford or Cambrige University ,
mainly for the granting of degrees .
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Eng .]
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7 . (
Scotch Church Hist .)
the name assumed by the Protestant party under John Knox .
The leaders called themselves (
1557 )
Lords of the Congregation .
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Congregation (
Heb .
kahal ),
the Hebrew people collectively as a holy community (
Num .
15 :
15 ).
Every circumcised Hebrew from twenty years old and upward was a member of the congregation .
Strangers resident in the land ,
if circumcised ,
were ,
with certain exceptions (
Ex .
12 :
19 ;
Num .
9 :
14 ;
Deut .
23 :
1 -
3 ),
admitted to the privileges of citizenship ,
and spoken of as members of the congregation (
Ex .
12 :
19 ;
Num .
9 :
14 ;
15 :
15 ).
The congregation were summonded together by the sound of two silver trumpets ,
and they met at the door of the tabernacle (
Num .
10 :
3 ).
These assemblies were convened for the purpose of engaging in solemn religious services (
Ex .
12 :
27 ;
Num .
25 :
6 ;
Joel 2 :
15 ),
or of receiving new commandments (
Ex .
19 :
7 ,
8 ).
The elders ,
who were summonded by the sound of one trumpet (
Num .
10 :
4 ),
represented on various occasions the whole congregation (
Ex .
3 :
16 ;
12 :
21 ;
17 :
5 ;
24 :
1 ).
After the conquest of Canaan ,
the people were assembled only on occasions of the highest national importance (
Judg .
20 ;
2 Chr .
30 :
5 ;
34 :
29 ;
1 Sam .
10 :
17 ;
2 Sam .
5 :
1 -
5 ;
1 Kings 12 :
20 ;
2 Kings 11 :
19 ;
21 :
24 ;
23 :
30 ).
In subsequent times the congregation was represented by the Sanhedrim ;
and the name synagogue ,
applied in the Septuagint version exclusively to the congregation ,
came to be used to denote the places of worship established by the Jews . (
See {
CHURCH }.)
In Acts 13 :
43 ,
where alone it occurs in the New Testament ,
it is the same word as that rendered "
synagogue " (
q .
v .)
in ver .
42 ,
and is so rendered in ver .
43 in R .
V .
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