different between gregarious vs congregation

English

Etymology

From Latin greg?rius.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???????.??.?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???????.i.?s/

Adjective

gregarious (comparative more gregarious, superlative most gregarious)

1. (of a person) Describing one who enjoys being in crowds and socializing.
2. (zoology) Of animals that travel in herds or packs.
   • 1972, Richard Adams, Watership Down

     Rabbits are lively at nightfall, and when evening rain drives them underground they still feel gregarious.

3. (botany) Growing in open clusters or colonies; not matted together.
4. Pertaining to a flock or crowd.

Synonyms

• (of a person who enjoys being in crowds): outgoing, sociable, social

Antonyms

• (of a person): ungregarious
• (zoology): nongregarious

Derived terms

• gregariousness

Translations

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

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