different between congregation vs diaspora

English

Etymology

From Old French congregacion, from Latin congreg?ti?, itself from congreg? (“to herd into a flock”). Adopted c. 1340, by the English Bible translator William Tyndale, to render the Ancient Greek ???????? (ekkl?sía, “those called together, (popular) meeting”) (hence Latin eccl?sia) in his New Testament, and preferred by 16th century Reformers instead of church.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k???????e???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k???????e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: con?gre?ga?tion

Noun

congregation (countable and uncountable, plural congregations)

1. The act of congregating or collecting together.
2. A gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsory form).
3. A Roman Congregation, a main department of the Vatican administration of the Catholic Church.
4. A corporate body whose members gather for worship, or the members of such a body.
5. Any large gathering of people.
6. A group of eagles.
7. (Britain, Oxford University) The main body of university staff, comprising academics, administrative staff, heads of colleges, etc.

Derived terms

• congregational
• congregationalism

Related terms

• congregant
• congregate
• congregator
• gregarious

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• Diaspora (in certain senses)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (diasporá, “dispersion”), from ????????? (diaspeír?, “to scatter”), from ???- (diá-, prefix indicating motion across or in all directions) + ?????? (speír?, “to sow”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /da??æsp???/, /da??æsp??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /da??æsp???/, /da??æsp??/, /di?æsp???/, /di?æsp??/
• Hyphenation: di?a?spo?ra

Noun

diaspora (plural diasporas or diasporae or diasporai)

1. (historical) The dispersion of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian captivity (6th century B.C.E.).
2. (by extension) Any similar dispersion.

3. (collective) A group so dispersed, especially Jews outside of the land of Israel.
4. The regions where such a dispersed group (especially the Jews) resides, taken collectively.

5. Any dispersion of an originally homogeneous entity, such as a language or culture.

Derived terms

• Afrodiaspora
• diasporal
• diasporan

Translations

References

Further reading

• diaspora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Jewish diaspora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• diaspora at OneLook Dictionary Search
• diaspora in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• diaspora in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Esperanto

Etymology

From diasporo +? -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dias?pora/
• Hyphenation: di?as?po?ra
• Rhymes: -ora

Adjective

diaspora (accusative singular diasporan, plural diasporaj, accusative plural diasporajn)

1. diasporic

Finnish

(index d)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?di??spor?/, [?di??s?po?r?]
• Rhymes: -or?
• Syllabification: di?a?spo?ra

Noun

diaspora

1. diaspora

Declension

Derived terms

• diasporaseurakunta

Anagrams

• rapsodia

French

Noun

diaspora f (plural diasporas)

1. diaspora

Further reading

• “diaspora” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• parodias

Indonesian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (diasporá, “dispersion”), from ????????? (diaspeír?, “to scatter”), from ???- (diá-, prefix indicating motion across or in all directions) + ?????? (speír?, “to sow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dias?pora]
• Hyphenation: di?as?po?ra

Noun

diaspora (first-person possessive diasporaku, second-person possessive diasporamu, third-person possessive diasporanya)

1. (politics, government) diaspora.

Further reading

• “diaspora” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Noun

diaspora f (plural diaspore)

1. diaspora (all senses)

Anagrams

• Paradiso, paradiso, rapsodia