CONGREGATION


Meaning of CONGREGATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌkäŋ-gri-ˈgā-shən ]

noun

Date: 14th century

1.

a. : an assembly of persons : gathering ; especially : an assembly of persons met for worship and religious instruction

b. : a religious community: as

(1) : an organized body of believers in a particular locality

(2) : a Roman Catholic religious institute with only simple vows

(3) : a group of monasteries forming an independent subdivision of an order

2. : the act or an instance of congregating or bringing together : the state of being congregated

3. : a body of cardinals and officials forming an administrative division of the papal curia

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.