congregations
- 1Plural of congregation.
Rural congregations across the region have shrunk over the past decade.
The bishop visited a dozen congregations during his spring tour.
Note
A regular plural with a plain -s, and it can count any kind of congregation: separate bodies of worshippers, the Roman Congregations that serve as departments of the Vatican, or flocks of birds such as plovers and eagles. Context usually settles which is meant. For the Vatican departments the word is capitalized (the Roman Congregations). For church, synagogue or mosque communities it stays lowercase.
congregations is a form of congregation
congregation, noun: A gathering of worshippers in a church, synagogue, mosque, or other house of worship; also, the people attending a service, as distinct from the clergy or choir who lead it. Full entry
- Forms
- congregationcongregations plural
- Spelling
- congregation → congregations: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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