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CONGREGATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of congregating

Synonyms:

congregating; congregation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("congregation" is a kind of...):

assemblage; assembly; gathering (the social act of assembling)

Derivation:

congregate (come together, usually for a purpose)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An assemblage of people or animals or things collected together

Example:

a great congregation of birds flew over

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("congregation" is a kind of...):

accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)

Derivation:

congregate (come together, usually for a purpose)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church

Synonyms:

congregation; faithful; fold

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

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)

Derivation:

congregate (come together, usually for a purpose)

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