All 4 Uses of
congregation
in
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis
- The congregation faced the heat with informality.†
Chpt 28congregation = people who worship together in the same building
- With a rustle of starched linen skirts and stiff shirt-fronts, the congregation sat down, and gave heed to the Reverend Mr. Zitterel.†
Chpt 28 *
- She glanced back at the congregation.†
Chpt 28
- The congregation had doffed their piety.†
Chpt 30
Definitions:
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(1)
(congregation as in: the congregation voted) people who worship together in the same building
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, congregation can reference any group of people, animals, or things collected together.