All 3 Uses of
congregation
in
A Lesson Before Dying
- And the congregation responded with "Amen, Amen, Amen."
Chpt 19 *congregation = people who worship together in the same building
- Determination Sunday was the third Sunday of each month, when members of the church would stand and sing their favorite hymns and tell the congregation where they were determined to spend eternity.†
Chpt 13
- I thanked the minister and told the congregation that that was our program for this year, and I reminded them that there were refreshments in the back.†
Chpt 19
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.