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Literary notes about congregation (AI summary)

Writers use the term congregation to evoke images of both formal religious assemblies and more loosely connected groups that share a common purpose or mood. In some works, it is employed in its traditional sense, referring to a body of worshippers called together for prayer or instruction, as seen in biblical texts ([1], [2], [3]), while in others it acquires metaphorical resonance. For instance, in one work the dead are likened to a silent, prayerful congregation ([4]), and in another the term underscores the collective energy and sometimes even the unruly nature of an assembled body ([5], [6]). This versatility allows the word to bridge the literal and the symbolic, enriching the texture of the narrative with layers of spiritual and social meaning.
  1. Then was assembled to them the congregation of the Assideans, the stoutest of Israel, every one that had a good will for the law.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  2. Moses also said to Aaron: Say to the whole congregation of the children of Israel: Come before the Lord; for he hath heard your murmuring.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  3. And a congregation of people shall surround thee.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  4. In April days in this cemetery The dead people gathered all about me, And grew still, like a congregation in silent prayer.
    — from Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters
  5. You once nobble that, congregation, and a buck joyride to heaven becomes a back number.
    — from Ulysses by James Joyce
  6. After the last hymn had been sung, and the congregation was dismissed, Ole slipped out to the hitch-bar and lifted Lena on her horse.
    — from My Ántonia by Willa Cather

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