congregationin a sentence
congregation as in: the congregation voted
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It's a casual congregation where many people wander into services late.congregation = people who worship together in the same building
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The congregation voted to approve appointment of the new minister.
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When the announcement was made to the congregation, the deacons prayed for the soul of John Henry Berry and the recovery of his brother, Beacon, and his uncle, Mr. Samuel Berry. (source)
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I would sing a hymn in front of the congregation that Sunday. (source)
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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. (source)congregation = group of people who worship together in the same building
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On Fridays the brothers would creep into the mosque and watch in wonder as my grandfather stood in the pulpit and preached to the congregation for an hour or so, waiting for the moment when his voice would rise and practically shake the rafters. (source)congregation = people who worship together in the same building
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Reverend Sykes was standing behind the pulpit staring the congregation to silence. (source)congregation = group of people who worship together in the same building
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He was used to us getting hand-me-downs from the congregations and that was fine with him. (source)congregations = people who worship together in the same building
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Passing, now the mouldy hall of some obsolete Worshipful Company, now the illuminated windows of a Congregationless Church that seemed to be waiting for some adventurous Belzoni to dig it out and discover its history; passing silent warehouses and wharves, and here and there a narrow alley leading to the river, where a wretched little bill, FOUND DROWNED, was weeping on the wet wall; he came at last to the house he sought.† (source)Congregationless = without a group to worship togetherstandard suffix: The suffix "-less" in congregationless means without and reverses the meaning of congregation. This is the same pattern you see in words like harmless, fearless, and powerless.
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I'm getting more people in my congregation every day. (source)congregation = people who worship together in the same building
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Fortunately, they came through early and only asked for the ticket, and now all that was left was a window of small towns, the congregations of lights, and the woman snoring on the other side of the compartment.† (source)
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And the congregation responded with "Amen, Amen, Amen." (source)
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Another day, Maniac would head for the townships to the north and west, the farmlands of the county, where dew sparkled on spider webs, and nature was doing such fresh and wonderful things that you could almost hear the long, neat congregations of corn clapping "Amen" and "A-men!"† (source)
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"We have now built a church," said Mr. Kiaga, the interpreter, who was now in charge of the infant congregation. (source)congregation = group of people who worship together in the same building
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Twenty delegates were recalled by their congregations.† (source)congregations = people who worship together in the same building
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Now, I knew I hadn't exactly been the most spiritual kid in the congregation, but I still found his behavior sort of odd. (source)congregation = group of people who worship together in the same building
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Led by her, I passed from compartment to compartment, from passage to passage, of a large and irregular building; till, emerging from the total and somewhat dreary silence pervading that portion of the house we had traversed, we came upon the hum of many voices, and presently entered a wide, long room, with great deal tables, two at each end, on each of which burnt a pair of candles, and seated all round on benches, a congregation of girls of every age, from nine or ten to twenty. (source)congregation = group
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The rain scattered the tourists as I ducked and weaved through their dense sidewalk congregations down Broadway, accidentally banging my knees into their Sephora and Disney Store bags. (source)congregations = groups of people gathered closely together
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