noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
large
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Congregations on Sunday were good, the larger congregation being at the evening service.
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Its 800, 000 membership makes it the largest congregation in the world.
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Each winter flocks return to Slim bridge, the largest congregation of the species in Britain.
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Many of these are major landmarks rising high above surrounding houses, but often they are far too large for present congregations .
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As Farnham's second Anglican church, it was never very successful in attracting large congregations and was declared redundant in 1974.
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Some churches with large congregations find that they have to make additional arrangements.
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What is possible for a large suburban congregation is out of the question for a tiny congregation in a rural situation.
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Richard Baxter had preached to large congregations who listened to him very attentively.
local
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Mr Schuller's local congregation is not altogether happy with his imperial style and church finances are suffering.
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Corporate union becomes a priority only when translated into the life and goals of local congregations .
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And Christians can be involved in the local congregation for mutual ministry and encouragement and evangelism on a slightly larger scale.
new
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They have realised that the key to unlimited growth was the planting of new congregations .
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By far the greatest proportion of those joining the new congregations were Presbyterians and they were mostly from rural areas.
small
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It was the post-conciliar Church that came increasingly to recognize this as the norm, at least for smaller congregations .
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Two years later, he was listed as heading a small Puritan congregation on the outskirts of the city.
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Finance Small congregation How do we grow?
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In 1820 she took her children into a small Presbyterian congregation .
whole
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At one stage the whole congregation went outside to see where the drainage ditch would be sited.
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Ideally the whole congregation is the choir.
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A firm belief in the priesthood of all believers means that singing belongs to the whole congregation as well as to the choir.
■ VERB
join
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By far the greatest proportion of those joining the new congregations were Presbyterians and they were mostly from rural areas.
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She joined this congregation in 1650 and became a Fifth Monarchist in 1652.
lead
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He once led half the congregation through the streets of Georgetown to bring the Eucharist to a bedridden parishioner.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Several members of the congregation organized a bake sale to raise money for a new piano.
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When the prayer ended, the entire congregation sat down.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A modest congregation sat underneath on benches.
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But not all social responses result in sociable congregation .
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Ike, former radio disc jockey, actually kept his congregation awake on Sunday mornings.
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In the early 1930s the average morning congregation ranged from 72 to 113 and the evening congregations were between 120 and 140.
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No wonder our clergymen look anxious, and their congregations confused!
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Pope John was present at the general congregation on 7 December.
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The congregation shifted on their benches, moved their feet.
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This will depend on where a congregation is.