Both Uses of
congregation
in
A Room of One's Own
- Moreover, it was amusing enough to watch the congregation assembling, coming in and going out again, busying themselves at the door of the chapel like bees at the mouth of a hive.†
Chpt 1 *congregation = people who worship together in the same building
- Old stories of old deans and old dons came back to mind, but before I had summoned up courage to whistle—it used to be said that at the sound of a whistle old Professor — instantly broke into a gallop—the venerable congregation had gone inside.†
Chpt 1
Definitions:
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(1)
(congregation as in: the congregation voted) people who worship together in the same building
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, congregation can reference any group of people, animals, or things collected together.