congregacioun

Middle English

Alternative forms

• congregacion

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French congregacion, from Latin congregātiō, itself from congregō (“to herd into a flock”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔnɡrɛɡaːsiˈuːn/, /kɔnɡrɛˈɡaːsjun/

Noun

congregacioun (plural congregaciouns)

1. The gathering of people, or a crowd.
2. accumulation, collection (of things)

Descendants

• English: congregation
• ⇒ Yola: contrishelagh

References

• “congregāciǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.