| 释义 |
ˈcongregated, ppl. a.
[f. prec. + -ed.]
1. Assembled or collected in a body or mass.
1601Shakes. All's Well ii. i. 120 The congregated Colledge haue concluded, That labouring Art can neuer ransome nature From her inaydible estate. 1667Milton P.L. vii. 308 The great receptacle Of congregated Waters. 1718Prior Solomon ii. 852 The congregated snow, and swelling rain. 1878Browning La Saisiaz 17 The city's congregated peace of homes and pomp of spires.
2. Bot. Clustered in a dense mass; aggregated.
1776Withering Brit. Plants (1796) II. 151 Bunch congregated, pointing one way. Ibid. II. 273 Flowers congregated, axillary.
†3. Organized on a Congregational basis. Obs.
1653Bibl. Parl. (a satire) in Somers Tracts (1812) VII. 95 That publike thankes be given to God in all the congregated churches in and about London. 1660Milton Free Commw. Wks. 1738 I. 583 The well-affected Party of the City, and the congregated Churches, may be induced to mediate. 1660T. M. Walker's Hist. Indep. iv. 55 The congregated Churches of Schismaticks and Sectaries in and about London, raise three Regiments. 1799C. Winter in W. Jay Mem. 85 A congregated church of Africans. |