Antonyms for congregation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kong-gri-gey-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒŋ grɪˈgeɪ ʃən

Definition of congregation

Origin : mid-14c., "a gathering, assembly," from Old French congregacion (12c., Modern French congrégation), from Latin congregationem (nominative congregatio), noun of action from congregare (see congregate).
Used by Tyndale to translate Greek ekklesia in New Testament and by some Old Testament translators in place of synagoge. (Vulgate uses a variety of words in these cases, including congregatio but also ecclesia, vulgus, synagoga, populus.) Protestant reformers in 16c. used it in place of church; hence the word's main modern sense of "local society of believers" (1520s).

noun assembled group, especially concerned with church-going

Example sentences :

I received no answer, and then I turned to the congregation.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

She has many judicious helpers in her father's congregation.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

In this instance it was hard to say which was the more surprised, the revivalist or the congregation.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

And presently his surprise was reflected by the congregation.
Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various

The nave of the church is now filled with seats for the use of the congregation.
Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield

There was a remarkably agreeable smell of pomatum in this congregation.
Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens

Why should the Congregation of the Index threaten his work with interdiction?
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Was that one of the crimes denounced to the Congregation of the Index?
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

He doesn't belong to the Congregation; he may have been led into error.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

You told me, I remember, that he is the reporter of the Congregation in that affair of your book.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for congregation

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