Church vs. Congregation
Churchnoun
(countable) A Christian house of worship; a building where religious services take place.
Churchnoun
Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity.
Churchnoun
(countable) A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.
Churchnoun
(countable) A particular denomination of Christianity.
Churchnoun
Christian worship held at a church; service.
Churchnoun
A (non-Christian) religion; a religious group.
Churchnoun
assembly
Churchverb
To conduct a religious service for (a woman) after childbirth.
Churchverb
(transitive) To educate someone religiously, as in in a church.
Churchnoun
A building set apart for Christian worship.
Churchnoun
A Jewish or heathen temple.
Churchnoun
A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together.
Churchnoun
A body of Christian believers, holding the same creed, observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a denomination; as, the Roman Catholic church; the Presbyterian church.
Churchnoun
The collective body of Christians.
Churchnoun
Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm.
Churchnoun
The aggregate of religious influences in a community; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of the church against some moral evil.
Churchverb
To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women.
Churchnoun
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
Churchnoun
a place for public (especially Christian) worship;
Churchnoun
a service conducted in a church;
Churchnoun
the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church;
Churchverb
perform a special church rite or service for;
Congregationnoun
The act of congregating or collecting together.
Congregationnoun
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).
Congregationnoun
A Roman Congregation, a main department of the Vatican administration of the Catholic church.
Congregationnoun
A corporate body whose members gather for worship, or the members of such a body.
Congregationnoun
Any large gathering of people.
Congregationnoun
A group of eagles.
Congregationnoun
The main body of university staff, comprising academics, administrative staff, heads of colleges, etc.
Congregationnoun
The act of congregating, or bringing together, or of collecting into one aggregate or mass.
Congregationnoun
A collection or mass of separate things.
Congregationnoun
An assembly of persons; a gathering; esp. an assembly of persons met for the worship of God, and for religious instruction; a body of people who habitually so meet.
Congregationnoun
The whole body of the Jewish people; - called also Congregation of the Lord.
Congregationnoun
A body of cardinals or other ecclesiastics to whom as intrusted some department of the church business; as, the Congregation of the Propaganda, which has charge of the missions of the Roman Catholic Church.
Congregationnoun
The assemblage of Masters and Doctors at Oxford or Cambrige University, mainly for the granting of degrees.
Congregationnoun
the name assumed by the Protestant party under John Knox. The leaders called themselves (1557) Lords of the Congregation.
Congregationnoun
a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
Congregationnoun
an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together;
Congregationnoun
the act of congregating
