congregation

Etymology
From, from , from , itself from. Adopted (1520s) by the English Bible translator, to render the 🇨🇬 (hence 🇨🇬) in his , and preferred by 16th century Reformers instead of.

Noun

 * 1) The act of congregating or collecting together.
 * 2) A gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsory form).
 * 3) A Roman Congregation, a main department of the Vatican administration of the Catholic Church.
 * 4) A corporate body whose members gather for worship, or the members of such a body.
 * 5) Any large gathering of people.
 * 6) A flock of various birds, such as plovers or eagles.
 * 7)  The main body of university staff, comprising academics, administrative staff, heads of colleges, etc.
 * 1) A flock of various birds, such as plovers or eagles.
 * 2)  The main body of university staff, comprising academics, administrative staff, heads of colleges, etc.
 * 1)  The main body of university staff, comprising academics, administrative staff, heads of colleges, etc.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: forsamling,
 * French:
 * German: Versammeln, Zusammenführen
 * Maori: ikapahitanga


 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: (kerk)gemeente, ,
 * Esperanto: kongregacio
 * Finnish:
 * French: assemblée des fidèles
 * German: Gemeindeversammlung, Gemeindetreffen
 * Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃, 𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌺𐌻𐌴𐍃𐌾𐍉
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: söfnuður
 * Interlingua: congregation
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: whakaminenga
 * Norman: congrégâtion
 * Plautdietsch: Vesaumlunk
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, adunare de fideli, organzație fondată religios
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: coitheanal
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovene: kongregacija
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * French:
 * German: Kongregation
 * Italian:
 * Latin: congregatio
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * German: versammelte Gemeinde, ,
 * Hebrew:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:, , , ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:,  , , ,
 * Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌵𐌿𐌼𐌸𐍃
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Interlingua: congregation
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: minenga, whakaminenga
 * Old English: samnung
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:


 * German: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:


 * Indonesian:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: (Modern Latin), (Classical Latin) fourth declension
 * Norwegian:
 * Spanish: