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people who worship together in the same buildingMuch more rarely, congregation can reference any group of people, animals, or things collected together.
- It's a casual congregation where many people wander into services late.
congregation = people who worship together in the same building
- The congregation voted to approve appointment of the new minister.
- Adding to the furor were revelations that the Church was aware of some of the abusive priests, and simply shuffled them from congregation to congregation instead of taking action.Roman Catholic Church - Wikipedia -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church (retrieved 05/20/06)
- Charismatic or Pentecostal congregations may be spontaneously moved by the Holy Spirit rather than follow a formal order of service.Christianity - Wikipedia -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity (retrieved 05/20/06)
- There are over 50 million Baptists worldwide in nearly 200,000 congregations...Baptist - Wikipedia -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptist (retrieved 05/20/06)
- But I like being part of a congregation.Olive Ann Burns -- Cold Sassy Tree
- He tells his congregation that he is living proof that religion can save anyone.Rick Bragg -- All Over but the Shoutin'
- He was used to us getting hand-me-downs from the congregations and that was fine with him.James McBride -- The Color of Water
- One by one, the congregation came forward and dropped nickels and dimes into a black enameled coffee can.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- I'm getting more people in my congregation every day.August Wilson -- The Piano Lesson
- And the congregation responded with "Amen, Amen, Amen."Ernest J. Gaines -- A Lesson Before Dying
- He told the congregation to go in peace,David Almond -- Clay
- Some were in our congregation and some from other churches, but they had all come together to pray for our son.Todd Burpo -- Heaven Is for Real
- There was a rustling of dresses, and the standing congregation sat down.Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- PARRIS: It cannot be forgot, sir, that when I summoned the congregation for John Proctor's excommunication there were hardly thirty people come to hear it.Arthur Miller -- The Crucible
- I would sing a hymn in front of the congregation that Sunday.Tara Westover -- Educated
- 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?Jane Austen -- Mansfield Park
- It was your inner spirit and not your outward appearance that mattered, she said, and come hymn time, she showed the whole congregation her spirit, belting out the words in such a powerful voice that people in the pews in front of us would turn around and stare.Jeannette Walls -- The Glass Castle
- The king he visited around in the evening, and sweetened everybody up, and made himself ever so friendly; and he give out the idea that his congregation over in England would be in a sweat about him, so he must hurry and settle up the estate right away and leave for home.Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- On the Sabbath day, when the congregation were singing...Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Young Goodman Brown
congregation = people who worship together in the same building
congregation = people who worship together in the same building
congregations = people who worship together in the same building
congregations = people who worship together in the same building
congregation = people who worship together in the same building
congregation = people who worship together in the same building
congregations = people who worship together in the same building
congregation = people who worship together in the same building
congregation = people who worship together in the same building
congregation = people who worship together in the same building
congregation = people who worship together in the same building
congregation = people who worship together in the same building
congregation = group of people who worship together in the same building
congregation = group of people who worship together in the same building
congregation = people who worship together in the same building
congregation = group of people who worship together in the same building
congregation = group of people who worship together in the same building
congregation = group of people who worship together in the same building
congregation = people who worship together in the same building