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congregation
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)
- The act of congregating or collecting together.
- 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).
- A Roman Congregation, a main department of the Vatican administration of the Catholic Church.
- A corporate body whose members gather for worship, or the members of such a body.
- Any large gathering of people.
- A group of eagles.
- (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
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legion
English
Etymology
Attested (in Middle English, as legioun) around 1200, from Old French legion, from Latin legi?, legionem, from leg? (“to gather, collect”); akin to legend, lecture.
Generalized sense of “a large number” is due to (inaccurate) translations of allusive phrase in Mark 5:9.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?li?d??n/
- Rhymes: -i?d??n
Adjective
legion (not comparable)
- Numerous; vast; very great in number
- Synonyms: multitudinous, numerous
Translations
Noun
legion (plural legions)
- (military, Ancient Rome) The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.
- Meronyms: cohort, maniple, century
- (military, obsolete) A combined arms major military unit featuring cavalry, infantry, and artillery.
- Coordinate terms: combat team, regimental combat team, brigade combat team
- (military) A large military or semi-military unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia.
- (often Legion or the Legion) A national organization or association of former servicemen, such as the American Legion.
- A large number of people; a multitude.
- Synonyms: host, mass, multitude, sea, throng
- (often plural) A great number.
- (dated, taxonomy) A group of orders inferior to a class; in scientific classification, a term occasionally used to express an assemblage of objects intermediate between an order and a class.
Coordinate terms
- (military unit): fireteam, section, troop, squad, platoon, company, battalion, regiment, brigade, division, corps, wing, army, army group
Related terms
- legionary
- legionnaire
Derived terms
- superlegion
- sublegion
- infralegion
Translations
Verb
legion (third-person singular simple present legions, present participle legioning, simple past and past participle legioned)
- (transitive) To form into legions.
Quotations
Further reading
- Roman legion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- legion (taxonomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- legion (demons) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- legion in popular culture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
Anagrams
- eloign, longie, ogle-in
Danish
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin l?gi?.
Noun
legion c (singular definite legionen, plural indefinite legioner)
- legion
Declension
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /le??ion/
- Hyphenation: le?gi?on
- Rhymes: -ion
Noun
legion
- accusative singular of legio
Middle French
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /le??jõ?/
Noun
legion f (plural legions)
- (military) legion
Descendants
- French: légion
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin l?gi?.
Noun
legion m (definite singular legionen, indefinite plural legioner, definite plural legionene)
- legion
Further reading
- “legion” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin l?gi?.
Noun
legion m (definite singular legionen, indefinite plural legionar, definite plural legionane)
- legion
Further reading
- “legion” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l???.j?n/
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
legion m inan
- legion
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin l?gi?.
Noun
legion c
- legion
Declension
Anagrams
- logien
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