congregation

英 [ˌkɒŋɡrɪˈɡeɪʃn]

美 [ˌkɑːŋɡrɪˈɡeɪʃn]

n.  (教堂的)会众; (从属某教堂并定期做礼拜的)教堂会众

复数：congregations　

TEM4TEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.5091 / COCA.4989

牛津词典

noun

• （教堂的）会众
  a group of people who are gathered together in a church to worship God, not including the priest and choir
  1. The congregation stood to sing the hymn.
     会众站起来唱圣歌。
• （从属某教堂并定期做礼拜的）教堂会众
  the group of people who belong to a particular church and go there regularly to worship

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT-COLL 教堂会众
  The people who are attending a church service or who regularly attend a church service are referred to as thecongregation.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• the act of congregating
  Synonym:congregating
• an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together
  1. a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph
  2. a great congregation of birds flew over
• a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
  Synonym:foldfaithful

双语例句

• I was attending a meeting, and a large congregation were present.
  我赴一个聚会，出席的会众很多。
• The New Testament assumes membership in a local congregation.
  新约圣经中，地方群体是有会员制的。
• He and his congregation have also set themselves the goal of eradicating poverty in Africa.
  他和信众们同样在非洲设定了消除贫困的目标。
• She saw the pictures of the old pastors and their wives, and the congregation sitting in the polished chairs and singing from their hymn-books.
  于是她看到了奏着乐曲的手风琴，看到了老牧师和他们妻子的图像，看到了教众坐在抛光的椅子上唱着赞美诗。
• And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.
  于是摩西和约书亚去站在会幕里。
• The ceremony of sprinkling the altar, clergy, and congregation with holy water.
  洒圣水礼用圣水泼洒圣坛、教士及教众的仪式。
• 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。
• A Christian minister or priest having spiritual charge over a congregation or other group.
  本堂牧师对圣会或其它群体进行精神引导的基督教主持人或牧师。
• The priest blessed the congregation.
  牧师求神赐福于会众。
• The church members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation.
  这个教堂又吸收了一些有相同背景的人来补充圣会。