congregation
congregation 英 [ˌkɒŋgrɪˈgeɪʃn] 美 [ˌkɑŋgrɪˈgeɪʃn]
n. 集会；集合；圣会
名词复数:congregations
- Although the word is most usually assigned to the members of a church, any gathering might be called a congregation, including a gathering of animals. Come to think of it, a congregation of church members is often called a "flock."
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- n. 集会；集合；圣会
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1. He and his wife joined the congregation and found their answer, soon committing their lives to Christ.
后来他和妻子加入了这个集会并且找到了答案，很快就皈依于基督。
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2. And I think what we decide to do in our congregation here whether it's Christian, Muslim or Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist,whatever.
我认为我们对于在国内的集会中做什么的决定,无论是基督教，穆斯林,犹太教，印度教，佛教，不管哪种。
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3. In a small congregation like this, I have more opportunities to communicate and build relationships with other churchgoers before and after services.
在这样的小型集会里，我可以有更多机会与其他人在礼拜前后交流和建立人际关系。
- congregation (n.) late-14c., congregacioun, "a gathering, assembly, a crowd; an organized group, as of a religious order or body of scholars; act of congregating," from Old French congregacion (12c., Modern French congrégation) and directly from Latin congregationem (nominative congregatio) "an assembling together, union, society," noun of action from past-participle stem of congregare "to herd together, collect in a flock, swarm; assemble," from assimilated form of com "together" (see con-) + gregare "to collect into a flock, gather," from grex (genitive gregis) "a flock" (from PIE root *ger- "to gather").
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