Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - congregation
Congregation
congregation
n. 1 the process of congregating; collection into a crowd or mass. 2 a crowd or mass gathered together. 3 a a body assembled for religious worship. b a body of persons regularly attending a particular church etc. c RC Ch. a body of persons obeying a common religious rule. d RC Ch. any of several permanent committees of the Roman Catholic College of Cardinals. 4 (Congregation) Brit. (in some universities) a general assembly of resident senior members. Etymology: ME f. OF congregation or L congregatio (as congregate)
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noun Date: 14th century 1. an assembly of persons ; gathering, a religious community: as, an organized body of believers in a particular locality, a Roman Catholic religious institute with only simple vows, a group of monasteries forming an independent subdivision of an order, the act or an instance of congregating or bringing together ; the state of being congregated, a body of cardinals and officials forming an administrative division of the papal curia ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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