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A congregation is a group of people who have gathered together, most often used for the people who regularly attend and worship at the same church. You can also use it a little more generally for any group of people gathered in one place.
會眾、教會信眾（固定去同一間教會做禮拜的人）
同家族的字
- gregariousshares the old root 'greg-,' from a Latin word for a flock or group
原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
congregationnoun/ˌkɒŋɡɹɪˈɡeɪʃən/
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The act of congregating or collecting together.
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A gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship, especially those present at a devotional service or who regularly attend such services, particularly in contrast to the leadership, choir or others.
- The critically low level of rainfall in the second half of 2020 – approaching 50% year on year for November – led the religious affairs directorate to instruct imams and their congregations to pray for rain last month.
- In Hebrew, bonai shalom means “builders of peace,” and the congregation welcomes both Jews and non-Jews to participate in all aspects of the community.
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A Roman Congregation, a main department of the Vatican administration of the Catholic Church.
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A corporate body whose members gather for worship, or the members of such a body.
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Any large gathering of people.
- During the wedding ( usually held on a Saturday ) , you and your committee sit on " facing benches ” before the rest of the congregation ( your guests ) . Everyone worships silently until you two feel that it's time to say your vows .
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A flock of birds.
- Bald eagles gather in significant numbers along the middle Skagit during the winter to feed on migrating salmon. This congregation of eagles is reported to be the largest wintering group on the contiguous West Coast.
- "Oh! I wasted most of my morning crawling to a murmuration of starlings, which I foolishly mistook for congregation of plover."
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A group of alligators or crocodiles.
- A congregation of crocodiles will communicate with body language and behavior and are also extremely territorial predators.
- a large congregation of crocodiles lazing by the side of a swamp; with their thick, tough skin, coarse and lumpy and always coated in mud, they were the embodiment of hideousness, these creatures as old as time
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The main body of university staff, comprising academics, administrative staff, heads of colleges, etc.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。