congregation
意味
- (人・物の)集まり,集合;集まった人々
- 《集合的に》(礼拝に集まる)会衆
例文
The congregation was moved by the fine sermon.
会衆は素晴らしい説教に感動した。
The church congregation was moved by the fine sermon.
教会の会衆は素晴らしい説教に感動した。
The priest blessed the congregation at the end of the mass.
司祭はミサの終わりに会衆を祝福した。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English congregacioun, from Old French congregacion, from Latin congregātiō, itself from congregō (“to herd into a flock”). Adopted (1520s) by the English Bible translator William Tyndale, to render the Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “those called together, (popular) meeting”) (hence Latin ecclēsia) in his New Testament, and preferred by 16th century Reformers instead of church. By surface analysis, congregate + -ion.
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