Ceremony vs Congregation - What's the difference?
ceremony | congregation |
A ritual with religious significance.
An official gathering to celebrate, commemorate, or otherwise mark some event.
A formal socially established behaviour, often in relation to people of different ranks.
(obsolete) An omen or portent.
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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 responsary form).
A Roman Congregation, a main department of the Vatican administration of the universal church
A corporate body whose members gather for worship, or the members of such a body.
Any large gathering of people
The collective noun for eagles.
The main body of university staff, comprising academics, administrative staff, heads of colleges, etc.
As nouns the difference between ceremony and congregation
is that ceremony is a ritual with religious significance while congregation is the act of congregating or collecting together.ceremony
English
(wikipedia ceremony)Alternative forms
* (both archaic)Noun
(ceremonies)- For he is superstitious grown of late, / Quite from the main opinion he held once / Of fantasy, of dreams, and ceremonies.
- Caesar, I never stood on ceremonies, / Yet now they fright me.