Both Uses of
congregation
in
Mansfield Park
- How can two sermons a week, even supposing them worth hearing, supposing the preacher to have the sense to prefer Blair's to his own, do all that you speak of? govern the conduct and fashion the manners of a large congregation for the rest of the week?
Chpt 9 *congregation = group of people who worship together in the same building
- It is felt that distinctness and energy may have weight in recommending the most solid truths; and besides, there is more general observation and taste, a more critical knowledge diffused than formerly; in every congregation there is a larger proportion who know a little of the matter, and who can judge and criticise.
Chpt 34
Definition:
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(congregation as in: the congregation voted) people who worship together in the same building