congregation

英 [ˌkɒŋɡrɪˈɡeɪʃn]

美 [ˌkɑːŋɡrɪˈɡeɪʃn]

n.  (教堂的)会众; (从属某教堂并定期做礼拜的)教堂会众

复数：congregations　

TEM4TEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.5091 / COCA.4989

牛津词典

noun

• （教堂的）会众
  a group of people who are gathered together in a church to worship God, not including the priest and choir
  1. The congregation stood to sing the hymn.
     会众站起来唱圣歌。
• （从属某教堂并定期做礼拜的）教堂会众
  the group of people who belong to a particular church and go there regularly to worship

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT-COLL 教堂会众
  The people who are attending a church service or who regularly attend a church service are referred to as thecongregation.
  1. Most members of the congregation begin arriving a few minutes before services.
     礼拜仪式开始前几分钟，大部分教堂会众陆续到来。

英英释义

noun

• the act of congregating
  Synonym:congregating
• an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together
  1. a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph
  2. a great congregation of birds flew over
• a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
  Synonym:foldfaithful

双语例句

• He said amen, and blessed them, and turned away, and immediately the congregation began to sing.
  他说完阿门，为他们祝了福，便转过身去。会众立刻唱了起来。
• And all the congregation said, amen, and praised the lord.
  会众都说、阿们、又赞美耶和华。
• At least one influential church leader, however, was reluctant to encourage his congregation to participate.
  然而至少有一名有影响力的教堂领导者，不愿意鼓励他的教民去参与。
• The congregation fell back from them slightly as they entered.
  教堂会众在他们进来时稍稍往后退了退。
• A Christian minister or priest having spiritual charge over a congregation or other group.
  本堂牧师对圣会或其它群体进行精神引导的基督教主持人或牧师。
• The priest asked the members of his congregation to pray for the souls of people in purgatory.
  神父叫他教区的信徒为炼狱中的人们的灵魂祈祷。
• There was a rustling of dresses, and the standing congregation sat down.
  站着的人们在一片衣服的沙沙声中都坐了下来。
• She saw the pictures of the old pastors and their wives, and the congregation sitting in the polished chairs and singing from their hymn-books.
  于是她看到了奏着乐曲的手风琴，看到了老牧师和他们妻子的图像，看到了教众坐在抛光的椅子上唱着赞美诗。
• The New Testament assumes membership in a local congregation.
  新约圣经中，地方群体是有会员制的。
• The ceremony of sprinkling the altar, clergy, and congregation with holy water.
  洒圣水礼用圣水泼洒圣坛、教士及教众的仪式。