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

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

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。

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

My congregation needs spiritual leadership.
我的教友需要的是一个精神领袖。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
What's the point of a new congregation?
创办一个新的圣会，是为了什么？
The priest blessed the congregation.
牧师求神赐福于会众。
We don't need a new reIigious congregation.
我们不需要一个新的信仰圣会。