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Congregation vs Faculty - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between congregation and faculty

is that congregation is congregation while faculty is the scholarly staff at colleges or universities, as opposed to the students or support staff.

congregation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • Derived terms

    * congregational * congregationalism

    faculty

    English

    Noun

    (faculties)
  • The scholarly staff at colleges or universities, as opposed to the students or support staff.
  • A division of a university (e.g. a Faculty of Science or Faculty of Medicine).
  • An ability, skill, or power, often plural.
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  • I have used the notion of games so far as if it were familiar to most people. I think this is justified as everyone knows how to play some games. Accordingly, games serve admirably as models for the clarification of other, less well-understood, social-psychological phenomena. Yet the ability to follow rules, play games, and construct new games is a faculty not equally shared by all persons. [...]
    He lived until he reached the age of 90 with most of his faculties intact.

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