different between congregation vs graduation

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

Etymology

graduate +? -ation

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???æd?u?e???n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???ædju?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

graduation (countable and uncountable, plural graduations)

1. The action or process of graduating and receiving a diploma for completing a course of study (such as from an educational institution).

2. A commencement ceremony.
3. (sciences) A marking (e.g., on a container) indicating a measurement, usually one of many such markings that are each separated by a constant interval.

   Synonym: scale

4. The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.

Synonyms

(from uni):

• ????

Translations

References

Anagrams

• argonautid

French

Noun

graduation f (plural graduations)

1. graduation sense #3 (A marking (e.g., on a container) indicating a measurement, usually one of many such markings that are each separated by a constant interval)
2. The process of creating such markings.
3. Encoding of a sound or image producing a digital signal of which one may use a greater or lesser part corresponding to better or worse quality.