congregation

noun

1. （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。
2. （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

1. 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 the congregation .
   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。

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。
2. 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。
3. If I wanted to pad out my sermon a little, I might offer my congregation one of my favourite quotations.
   如果我想把布道时间延长一点儿，可能会给教众引用一段我最喜欢的话。
4. The New Testament assumes membership in a local congregation.
   新约圣经中，地方群体是有会员制的。
5. I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
   我要将你的名传与我的弟兄。在会中我要赞美你。
6. 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。
7. We don't need a new reIigious congregation.
   我们不需要一个新的信仰圣会。
8. The vicar preach to the congregation for half an hour.
   那位教区牧师向会众讲道半个小时。
9. My congregation needs spiritual leadership.
   我的教友需要的是一个精神领袖。
10. And all the congregation said, amen, and praised the lord.
    会众都说、阿们、又赞美耶和华。
11. The preacher blessed the congregation after his sermon.
    牧师在讲道后祝福会众。
12. The priest asked the congregation to cleanse their thoughts.
    牧师要求参加礼拜的人们净化他们的思想。
13. 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。
14. The congregation was belting out hymns, but I felt strangely detached.
    集合是出自赞美诗制带的材料，但是我觉得奇妙超然。
15. 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。
16. "Let up pray," the priest intoned to his congregation.
    让我们祷告吧，牧师用吟咏的声调对会众说。
17. 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。
18. And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation.
    摩西，亚伦就来到会幕前。
19. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.
    于是摩西和约书亚去站在会幕里。
20. He and his congregation have also set themselves the goal of eradicating poverty in Africa.
    他和信众们同样在非洲设定了消除贫困的目标。
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. 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。
24. I was attending a meeting, and a large congregation were present.
    我赴一个聚会，出席的会众很多。
25. For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep;
    犹大王希西家赐给会众公牛一千只，羊七千只为祭物；
26. A person who rings church bells ( as for summoning the congregation).
    敲响教堂的钟（如为了召集圣会）的人。
27. What's the point of a new congregation?
    创办一个新的圣会，是为了什么？
28. The church members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation.
    这个教堂又吸收了一些有相同背景的人来补充圣会。
29. Then he, struggling, hears the voices of the congregation around him.
    然后，挣扎着，他听到了，教堂会众的声音。
30. The priest blessed the congregation.
    牧师求神赐福于会众。

noun

1. the act of congregating

   Synonym:    congregating

2. 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

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

   Synonym:    foldfaithful