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# congregation

«congregation» in Mova's school dictionary: **the group of people gathered in a church, synagogue or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a congregation, congregations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (church) A congregation is the group of people gathered in a church, synagogue or mosque for worship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congregation/#m1)

2) The members of a particular church or religious community. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congregation/#m2)

3) (formal) Any gathering of people or animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congregation/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In religious education the congregation sings, prays and listens to the sermon; the priest or minister leads them. In everyday life the word is used for members of a local church. Phrases: «the congregation stood», «a large congregation», «a congregation of birds» (rare).

### examples

- The congregation sang a hymn together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congregation/#x1)
- The vicar welcomed the congregation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congregation/#x2)
- Our church has a small but friendly congregation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congregation/#x3)
- The rabbi spoke to the congregation in the synagogue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congregation/#x4)
- The congregation stood up when the bride came in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congregation/#x5)
- The whole congregation said «Amen». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congregation/#x6)
- A congregation of seagulls gathered on the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congregation/#x7)
- The congregation sat in cushioned seats, and sang out of their Prayer-Books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congregation/#x8)

### note

Countable: congregations. In British English it can take a plural verb («the congregation were singing»). Related: congregate (to gather).

### In the corpora

- [Baptist churches baptise believers by full immersion and let each congregation govern itself.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/18/)
- [And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a congregation of peoples;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.828/)
- [All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.358/)
- [And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.447/)
- [And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him; and Moses spoke to them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1042/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «congregation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congregation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.