congregations

英 [ˌkɒŋgrɪˈgeɪʃənz]

美 [ˌkɑŋgrəˈgeɪʃənz]

n.  (教堂的)会众; (从属某教堂并定期做礼拜的)教堂会众
congregation的复数

柯林斯词典

• 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。

双语例句

• Group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the French theologian John Calvin who believed in strict predetermination.
  施洗者圣会团体，信仰法国神学家约翰加尔文的教义，他相信严格预言学说。
• The Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church in San jose, california, shares its building with four other congregations, including Korean and Vietnamese baptists.
  加州圣？何塞的路德赎世主堂和其他四支教徒会众（包括韩国和越南浸礼会教徒）共用一个教堂。
• As free congregations we enter into this covenant, promising to one another our mutual trust and support.
  作为一个自由参与的团体，我们的成员都自觉地遵守以上宗旨，并立志互相信任及帮助。
• Any building where congregations gather for prayer.
  能够聚集信徒进行祷告的地方。
• A first-class product quality, and good after-sales service and dedication to meet the needs of customers at home and abroad, welcomed the congregations in business negotiations, work together.
  以一流的产品质量，良好的售后服务，竭诚满足国内外客户的需要，欢迎来电来函洽谈业务，携手合作。
• The Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary was one of the important congregations by which Catholicism transmited in china in modern society.
  圣母圣心会是近代西方天主教势力在华传教的一个重要修会。
• All seminarians who have not taken examinations were told to return to their respective dioceses or congregations within three days, Church sources said.
  他们说，董事会又决定修生提前放暑假，在三天之内离院，返回所属的教区或修会。还没有参加期末考试的修生在当天下午已陆续离去。
• When they're anti-family, they often tend to allow women bigger roles in their congregations.
  如果是反家庭的经文，经常都会赋与女人更重要的角色，在教会中。
• The hilltop church attracted good congregations, in spite of its inaccessibility.
  山顶教堂虽然进出困难仍吸引了大批善男信女。
• A group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith.
  由自己的组织和独特信仰的宗教会众团体。