congregation

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkɒŋɡɹɪˈɡeɪʃən/
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• General-American: /ˌkɑŋɡɹəˈɡeɪʃən/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA2 NG G R AH0 G EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English congregacioun, from Old French congregacion, from Latin congregātiō, itself from congregō (“to herd into a flock”). Adopted (1520s) by the English Bible translator William Tyndale, to render the Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “those called together, (popular) meeting”) (hence Latin ecclēsia) in his New Testament, and preferred by 16th century Reformers instead of church. By surface analysis, congregate + -ion.

113 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: струпване (strupvane) — act of congregating
• Catalan: congregació — act of congregating
• Danish: forsamling — act of congregating
• Danish: menighed — act of congregating
• French: rassemblement — act of congregating
• German: Versammeln — act of congregating
• German: Zusammenführen — act of congregating
• Māori: ikapahitanga — act of congregating
• Afrikaans: gemeente — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Arabic: جَمَاعَة (jamāʕa) — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Bulgarian: събор (sǎbor) — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Catalan: congregació — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Chinese Mandarin: 會眾 /会众 (huìzhōng) — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Danish: menighed — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Dutch: (kerk)gemeente — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Dutch: congregatie — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Dutch: kudde — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Esperanto: kongregacio — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Esperanto: paroĥanaro — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Finnish: seurakunta — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• French: assemblée des fidèles — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• German: Gemeindeversammlung — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• German: Gemeindetreffen — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (gamainþs) — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌺𐌻𐌴𐍃𐌾𐍉 (aikklēsjō) — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Greek: εκκλησίασμα (ekklisíasma) — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Hindi: जमात (jamāt) — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Hindi: जमाअत (jamāat) — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Hungarian: gyülekezet — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Icelandic: söfnuður — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Indonesian: jemaah — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Indonesian: jemaat — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Interlingua: congregation — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Italian: assemblea — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Japanese: 会衆 (kaishū) — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Māori: whakaminenga — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Norman: congrégâtion — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Plautdietsch: Vesaumlunk — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Polish: zgromadzenie — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Portuguese: congregação — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Portuguese: assembleia — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Romanian: congregație — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Romanian: adunare de fideli — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Romanian: organzație fondată religios — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Russian: па́ства (pástva) — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Russian: конгрега́ция (kongregácija) — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Scottish Gaelic: coitheanal — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Serbo-Croatian: kongregacija — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Slovene: kongregacija — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Spanish: congregación — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Swedish: församling — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Turkish: cemaat — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Urdu: جَماعَت (jamā'at) — religious gathering of people in a place of worship
• Bulgarian: конгрегация (kongregacija) — Roman Congregation
• French: congrégation — Roman Congregation
• German: Kongregation — Roman Congregation
• Italian: congregazione — Roman Congregation
• Latin: congregatio — Roman Congregation
• Polish: kongregacja — Roman Congregation
• Portuguese: congregação — Roman Congregation
• Serbo-Croatian: kongregacija — Roman Congregation
• Spanish: congregación — Roman Congregation
• Vietnamese: bộ — Roman Congregation
• Bulgarian: събрание (sǎbranie) — corporate body
• Bulgarian: заседание (zasedanie) — corporate body
• German: versammelte Gemeinde — corporate body
• German: Gemeinde — corporate body
• German: Gemeinschaft — corporate body
• Hebrew: עדה (edá) — corporate body
• Armenian: հավաքույթ (havakʻuytʻ) — large gathering of people
• Bulgarian: сбор (sbor) — large gathering of people
• Bulgarian: стру́пване (strúpvane) — large gathering of people
• Catalan: congregació — large gathering of people
• Chinese Mandarin: 人群 (rénqún) — large gathering of people
• Dutch: congregatie — large gathering of people
• Dutch: bijeenkomst — large gathering of people
• Dutch: menigte — large gathering of people
• Dutch: samenscholing — large gathering of people
• Dutch: vergadering — large gathering of people
• Finnish: väkijoukko — large gathering of people
• French: assemblée — large gathering of people
• German: Versammlung — large gathering of people
• German: Ansammlung (unorganised) — large gathering of people
• German: Pulk — large gathering of people
• German: Menschenauflauf — large gathering of people
• German: Traube — large gathering of people
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌵𐌿𐌼𐌸𐍃 (gaqumþs) — large gathering of people
• Hebrew: קָהָל (kahál) — large gathering of people
• Hindi: जमात (jamāt) — large gathering of people
• Hindi: जमाअत (jamāat) — large gathering of people
• Icelandic: mannsöfnuður — large gathering of people
• Interlingua: congregation — large gathering of people
• Italian: congregazione — large gathering of people
• Italian: raduno — large gathering of people
• Japanese: 集団 (shūdan) — large gathering of people
• Māori: minenga — large gathering of people
• Māori: whakaminenga — large gathering of people
• Old English: samnung — large gathering of people
• Polish: zgromadzenie — large gathering of people
• Polish: zebranie — large gathering of people
• Portuguese: congregação — large gathering of people
• Portuguese: assembleia — large gathering of people
• Russian: собра́ние (sobránije) — large gathering of people
• Russian: скопле́ние (skoplénije) — large gathering of people
• Russian: схо́дка (sxódka) — large gathering of people
• Serbo-Croatian: kongregacija — large gathering of people
• Spanish: congregación — large gathering of people
• Unami: maehëlan — large gathering of people
• Unami: xinkwi maehëlan — large gathering of people
• Bulgarian: ято (jato) — group of eagles
• German: Schwarm — group of eagles
• German: Schar — group of eagles
• Serbo-Croatian: jato — group of eagles