Vocabulary : Congree to Congress

Congree : To agree.
Congreet : To salute mutually.
Congregate : Collected; compact; close. ;; To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to assemble; to bring into one place, or into a united body; to gather together; to mass; to compact. ;; To come together; to assemble; to meet.
Congregated : of Congregate
Congregating : of Congregate

Congregation : The act of congregating, or bringing together, or of collecting into one aggregate or mass. ;; A collection or mass of separate things. ;; An assembly of persons; a gathering; esp. an assembly of persons met for the worship of God, and for religious instruction; a body of people who habitually so meet. ;; The whole body of the Jewish people; -- called also Congregation of the Lord. ;; A body of cardinals or other ecclesiastics to whom as intrusted some department of the church business; as, the Congregation of the Propaganda, which has charge of the missions of the Roman Catholic Church. ;; A company of religious persons forming a subdivision of a monastic order. ;; The assemblage of Masters and Doctors at Oxford or Cambrige University, mainly for the granting of degrees. ;; the name assumed by the Protestant party under John Knox. The leaders called themselves (1557) Lords of the Congregation.
Congregational : Of or pertaining to a congregation; conducted, or participated in, by a congregation; as, congregational singing. ;; Belonging to the system of Congregationalism, or to Congregationalist; holding to the faith and polity of Congregationalism; as, a Congregational church.
Congregationalism : That system of church organization which vests all ecclesiastical power in the assembled brotherhood of each local church. ;; The faith and polity of the Congregational churches, taken collectively.
Congregationalist : One who belongs to a Congregational church or society; one who holds to Congregationalism.
Congress : A meeting of individuals, whether friendly or hostile; an encounter. ;; A sudden encounter; a collision; a shock; -- said of things. ;; The coming together of a male and female in sexual commerce; the act of coition. ;; A gathering or assembly; a conference. ;; A formal assembly, as of princes, deputies, representatives, envoys, or commissioners; esp., a meeting of the representatives of several governments or societies to consider and determine matters of common interest. ;; The collective body of senators and representatives of the people of a nation, esp. of a republic, constituting the chief legislative body of the nation. ;; The lower house of the Spanish Cortes, the members of which are elected for three years.

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