• n. 集會；集合；圣會

來自congregate, 聚集。

congregation

congregation: [14] Etymologically, a church’s congregation is comparable to a pastor’s flock. The word comes from Latin congregātiō, a noun derivative of congregāre ‘flock together’. This was a compound verb formed from the collective prefix com- and grex ‘flock, herd’ (source of English egregious and gregarious). Congregation was thus originally simply a ‘meeting, assembly’; its religious connotations arose from its frequent use in the 1611 translation of the Bible to render ‘solemn public assembly’. The verb congregate was independently borrowed in the 15th century.
=> aggregate, egregious, gregarious, segregate

congregation (n.)

mid-14c., "a gathering, assembly," from Old French congregacion (12c., Modern French congrégation), from Latin congregationem (nominative congregatio), noun of action from congregare (see congregate).

Used by Tyndale to translate Greek ekklesia in New Testament and by some Old Testament translators in place of synagoge. (Vulgate uses a variety of words in these cases, including congregatio but also ecclesia, vulgus, synagoga, populus.) Protestant reformers in 16c. used it in place of church; hence the word's main modern sense of "local society of believers" (1520s).

1. The congregation fell back from them slightly as they entered.

教堂會眾在他們進(jìn)來時(shí)稍稍往后退了退。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Most members of the congregation begin arriving a few minutes before services.

禮拜儀式開始前幾分鐘，大部分教堂會眾陸續(xù)到來。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The congregation stood to sing the hymn.

會眾站起來唱圣歌。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

4. She preached to the congregation about forgiveness.

她向會眾宣講寬恕的道理。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

5. The preacher addressed a congregation of more than one thousand people.

傳教士向一千多人的會眾講演.

來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》