Congregation

(noun.) the act of congregating.

(noun.) an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together; 'a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph'; 'a great congregation of birds flew over'.

(noun.) a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church.

手打:威特

• At one point in the service a bell would be rung and a mirror lifted up, while the whole congregation, in an access of reverence, bowed lower. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He asked that the church be restored to the former congregation. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The congregation was dismissed with the notice that there would be no evening service. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• But he was still left alone in it when the congregation had assembled. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• But, said he, it proved a dear cap to our congregation. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Almost every different congregation might probably have had a little sect by itself, or have entertained some peculiar tenets of its own. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Their presence was denoted by sounds as of a congregation praying humbly, produced by their rubbing against each other in the slow wind. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Again, I see her dark eyes roll round the church when she says 'miserable sinners', as if she were calling all the congregation names. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The sermon found an end; the benediction was pronounced; the congregation dispersed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• They did not hear the noise which disturbed our little congregation at Brussels. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• She proposed to resume this exercise on the present day, with Amelia and the wounded ensign for a congregation. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I see him now, going away in custody, despised by the congregation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I told him that no order had been issued prohibiting the congregation attending the church. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• We now watched this youthful congregation with redoubled interest. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Such the church-yard, such the requiem, such the eternal congregation, that waited on our companion's funeral! 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Two different congregations are not allowed to enter at the same time, however, because they always fight. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• He entered the churches, and foretold to the congregations their speedy removal to the vaults below. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Though made up of widely scattered congregations, it was thought of as one body of Christ, one people of God. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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