Synonyms for congrégation
ˌkɒŋ grɪˈgeɪ ʃəncon·gré·ga·tion

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 7 votes

1. congregation

   Company, from the Latin cum, with, and panis, bread, denotes primarily the association of those who eat at a common table, or the persons so associated, table-companions, messmates, friends, and hence is widely extended to include any association of those united permanently or temporarily, for business, pleasure, festivity, travel, etc., or by sorrow, misfortune, or wrong; company may denote an indefinite number (ordinarily more than two), but less than a multitude; in the military sense a company is a limited and definite number of men; company implies more unity of feeling and purpose than crowd, and is a less formal and more familiar word than assemblage or assembly. An assemblage may be of persons or of objects; an assembly is always of persons. An assemblage is promiscuous and unorganized; an assembly is organized and united in some common purpose. A conclave is a secret assembly. A convocation is an assembly called by authority for a special purpose; the term convention suggests less dependence upon any superior authority or summons. A group is small in number and distinct in outline, clearly marked off from all else in space or time. Collection, crowd, gathering, group, and multitude have the unorganized and promiscuous character of the assemblage; the other terms come under the general idea of assembly. Congregation is now almost exclusively religious; meeting is often so used, but is less restricted, as we may speak of a meeting of armed men. Gathering refers to a coming together, commonly of numbers, from far and near; as, the gathering of the Scottish clans.

   Synonyms:
   assemblage, assembly, collection, company, conclave, concourse, conference, convention, convocation, crowd, gathering, group, host, meeting, multitude, throng

   Antonyms:
   dispersion, loneliness, privacy, retirement, seclusion, solitude

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. congregation, fold, faithfulnoun

   a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church

   Synonyms:
   flock, flexure, sheepcote, faithful, crease, plica, folding, fold, congregating, sheepfold, congregation, bend, sheep pen, crimp, plication

2. congregationnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   fold, faithful, congregating

3. congregation, congregatingnoun

   the act of congregating

   Synonyms:
   fold, faithful, congregation, congregating

Matched Categories

1. • Assembly
   • Collection

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. congregationnoun

   Synonyms:
   assembly, meeting, collection

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "congregation":

   congrégation, cnd, parish, nda, faithful

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1. Texas Senator Ted Cruz:

   A sick and deranged person came and prayed with an historically black congregation for an hour and then murdered nine innocent souls.

2. Bahram Baloch:

   Nations are never destroyed due to casual accidents. They are destroyed when their congregation perception ends.

3. President Donald Trump:

   Our prayers are with the families of the victims and the congregation of yesterday's church attack, it was over in 6 seconds thanks to the brave parishioners who acted to protect 242 fellow worshippers. Lives were saved by these heroes, and Texas laws allowing them to carry arms!.

4. Donald Trump:

   I know for myself and many in my congregation what informs our decisions and convictions aren't what politicians say, we're guided by Scripture and a person named Jesus Christ, who he himself was a refugee long before that term refugee became more popular in our culture.

5. Bill Clinton:

   The longer I live, the more places I go and people I meet, the more certain I am that everyone has gifts to be recognized and celebrated, together our contributions add up to something greater than we could offer on our own. Isn't that the goal of a community or a congregation?