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församling — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • Assembly noun A group of people gathered together for a shared purpose, such as a meeting or ceremony.
  • congregation noun The group of people gathered for worship at a church, synagogue, mosque, or other place of worship.
  • parish noun A local church community and the district it serves.
  • ward noun A section of a hospital where patients with similar needs are cared for.

Senses

församling is used for these senses in English:

  • assembly A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
  • congregation 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).
  • parish A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish.
  • ward (Mormonism) A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but larger than a branch.

Assembly — full definition

  1. noun A group of people gathered together for a shared purpose, such as a meeting or ceremony.
  2. noun The process of fitting parts together to build something, or the finished product of that process.
  3. noun A formal legislative body, especially the lower house in some US state governments.

congregation — full definition

  1. noun The group of people gathered for worship at a church, synagogue, mosque, or other place of worship.
  2. noun Any large gathering of people or things.

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