See also:CONGREGATION (See also:Lat. congregatio, a gathering together, from cum, with, grex, gregis, a See also:flock, See also:herd)
, an See also:assembly of persons, especially a See also:body of such persons gathered together for religious See also:worship, or the body of persons habitually attending a particular See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, hence the basis of that See also:system of religious organization known as See also:Congregationalism (q.v.)
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Apart from these, the more See also:general meanings of the word, " See also:congregation " is used in the See also:English versions of the Old and New Testaments to translate the See also:Hebrew words `edah and kahal, the whole community of the Israelites and the assembly of the See also:people
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The words " assembly " and " congregation " have been to a certain extent distinguished in the Revised Version, " congregation " being kept for Walt and " assembly " for kahal
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The See also:Septuagint generally translates the first by vupaya See also:yil, the second by E,cxXrloia (see J
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Selbie, in See also:Hastings's See also:Diet. of See also:Bible, s.v
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" Congregation," cf
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" Assembly," ib.)
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In the See also:Roman Church " congregation " is applied to the committees of cardinals into whose hands the See also:administration of the various departments of the church is given (see See also:CURIA See also:ROMANA)
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The committees of bishops who regulate the business at a general See also:council of the church are also known as " congregations." In the Roman Church there are several kinds of associations for religious purposes known by the generic name of " congregation "; such are: (I) those branches of a particular See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order, which, for the stricter practice of the rules of their order, See also:group themselves together under a See also:special See also:form of See also:government and discipline,—thus the See also:Trappists are a congregation of the See also:Cistercians, the monks of See also:Cluny and St Maur are congregations of the See also:Benedictines; (2) communities of religious under a See also:common See also:rule; persons belonging to such communities have either taken no vows, or have not taken " See also:solemn " vows; of the many congregations of this class may be mentioned the Oratorians, the Oblates and the Lazarists; (3) in See also:France religious associations of the laity, male or See also:female, joined together for some religious, charitable or educational purpose (see FRANCE: See also:Law and Institutions)
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Lastly " congregation " in See also:secular usage is applied to two governing bodies at the university of See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, viz. the " See also:Ancient See also:House of Congregation," in whom lies the granting and conferring of degrees, consisting of the See also:vice-See also:chancellor, proctors and " See also:regent masters," and secondly the " Congregation of the University of Oxford," created by the University of Oxford See also:Act 1854, and consisting of all members of See also:convocation who are " See also:resident,"i.e. have passed 141 nights within a m. of Carfax during th preceding See also:year
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All statutes must be passed by this congregatio before introduction in convocation, and it alone has the powe of amending statutes (see OXFORD)
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At See also:Cambridge University congregation is the See also:term used of the See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting of the See also:senate
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II Scottish See also:history, from the fact that the word occurs, in the See also:sens( of " church," frequently in the See also:national See also:covenant of 1537, th( name of " congregation " was used of the Reformers
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Generall) and similarly the See also:title of " lords of the congregation " was giver to the signatories of the covenant
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