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congregation n.教堂会众；人群；（物）群；集合 (1) 教堂的会众跪下来祈祷。(2) 夏季，旅游观光的人增加了。(3) 一大群鸟从头上飞过。(4) 集合是出自赞美诗制带的材料，但是我觉得奇妙超然。 The Latin root of congregation, which is greg, meaning "flock," easily becomes congregare, meaning "to gather together," and finally congregationen, giving the current meaning of “a group.” The meaning took on a religious quality when 16th Century Protestants took it to refer to the church itself, then refining it to mean church members. If you're not a churchgoer, you might still refer to your friends who show up to watch football as a congregation.

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英 [ˌkɒŋɡrɪ'ɡeɪʃn] 美 [ˌkɑːŋɡrɪ'ɡeɪʃn] (1) The congregation in the church knelt in prayer.(2) The congregation of sightseers increases in the summer.(3) A great congregation of birds flew overhead.(4) The congregation was belting out hymns, but I felt strangely detached. Although the word is most usually assigned to the members of a church, any gathering might be called a congregation, including a gathering of animals. Come to think of it, a congregation of church members is often called a "flock." 1[N-COUNT-COLL 可数集合名词]教堂会众 The people who are attending a church service or who regularly attend a church service are referred to as the congregation . Most members of the congregation begin arriving a few minutes before services.礼拜仪式开始前几分钟，大部分教堂会众陆续到来。

英语单词	congregation
英美音标	英 [ˌkɒŋɡrɪ'ɡeɪʃn] 美 [ˌkɑːŋɡrɪ'ɡeɪʃn]
中文释义	n.教堂会众；人群；（物）群；集合
英语例句	(1) The congregation in the church knelt in prayer. (2) The congregation of sightseers increases in the summer. (3) A great congregation of birds flew overhead. (4) The congregation was belting out hymns, but I felt strangely detached.
中文例句	(1) 教堂的会众跪下来祈祷。 (2) 夏季，旅游观光的人增加了。 (3) 一大群鸟从头上飞过。 (4) 集合是出自赞美诗制带的材料，但是我觉得奇妙超然。
vocabulary简明	Although the word is most usually assigned to the members of a church, any gathering might be called a congregation, including a gathering of animals. Come to think of it, a congregation of church members is often called a "flock."
vocabulary扩展	The Latin root of congregation, which is greg, meaning "flock," easily becomes congregare, meaning "to gather together," and finally congregationen, giving the current meaning of “a group.” The meaning took on a religious quality when 16th Century Protestants took it to refer to the church itself, then refining it to mean church members. If you're not a churchgoer, you might still refer to your friends who show up to watch football as a congregation.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT-COLL 可数集合名词]教堂会众 The people who are attending a church service or who regularly attend a church service are referred to as the congregation . Most members of the congregation begin arriving a few minutes before services. 礼拜仪式开始前几分钟，大部分教堂会众陆续到来。

Congregation Church Meaning Members Gathering Called Refer Service