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congregational

/kɑŋɡɹəˈɡeɪʃənəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables
con-gre-ga-tion-al
IPA
/kɑŋɡɹəˈɡeɪʃənəl/
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to a congregation.

adj

Of or pertaining to Congregationalism, Congregationalists or a Congregational church

Etymology

Etymology tree English congregation Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English congregational From congregation + -al.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /kɑŋɡɹəˈɡeɪʃənəl/
  • British English: /kɒŋɡɹəˈɡeɪʃənəl/

Derived Forms

congregationalism congregationalist congregationalize congregationally noncongregational uncongregational

Synonyms

congregationalist

Rhymes With

educational operational recreational organizational inspirational occupational vocational computational sensational gravitational motivational generational

Questions

How do you pronounce congregational?
The recorded pronunciation is /kɑŋɡɹəˈɡeɪʃənəl/.
What does congregational mean?
Of or pertaining to a congregation.
Where does congregational come from?
Etymology tree English congregation Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English congregational From congregation + -al.

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