An invitation; a calling together. Also, a congregation.
| 单词 | θ186659 |
| 释义 | society > faith > church government > laity > congregation > [noun] (23) lathingc897 An invitation; a calling together. Also, a congregation. church folka1200 people attending church, churchgoers; spec. members of the established church of a particular place, esp. of the Church of England (now rare). parishc1300 The body of people who attend a particular church; the inhabitants of a parish (sense 2a). congregation1526 Used by Tyndale to translate ἐκκλησία in the New Testament, and much used by the English Reformers of… in sense of a particular local assembly or… meeting1593 Christian Church. An assembly of people (esp. Nonconformists) for worship. Also: a Nonconformist congregation; †a Nonconformist place of worship… assemblya1616 A gathering of persons for religious worship; a congregation. society1738 spec. (U.S.) = congregation, n. 7c. Now historical. pew1882 The place of the congregation in a church or chapel. Contrasted with pulpit, as the place of the priest, preacher, etc. Hence: (with the and singular… Subcategories:— female part of (1) — member of (4) — as many as will fill a pew (1) — in India (1) — Jewish (4) — Methodist subdivision (1) — nonconformist (1) — Quaker (2) |
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