All 5 Uses of
congregation
in
Arrowsmith
- It is true that some of the delighted congregation thought that this referred to Mayor Pugh, and others applied it to F. X. Jordan, but wise citizens saw that it was a courageous attack on that monster of treacherous lewdness, Dr. Arrowsmith.†
Chpt 24
- They bullied their congregations; each of them asserted, "People come sneaking around with criticisms of our new Director of Health.†
Chpt 24
- But their congregations were poor.†
Chpt 24
- Till he had sunk in coma, Ira had nursed and blessed his people, the humble colored congregation in the hot tin chapel which he had now turned into a pest-house.†
Chpt 34 *
- That chaffering should be abusive and loud in the public market, that lovers should stroll unconscious of all save themselves, that loafers should tell stories and drink long drinks at the Ice House, that old men should squat cackling in the shade of the mangoes, that congregations should sing together to the Lord—this was no longer ordinary to them nor stupid, but the bliss of paradise.†
Chpt 35
Definition:
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(congregation as in: the congregation voted) people who worship together in the same building