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1. книжн. объединение; the consociation of tribes
— объединение племён; 2. товарищество, общество, ассоциация 3.
ассоциация христианских церквей или религиозных обществ
OED: 4. Eccl. a. A confederation of Christian
churches or religious societies. b. † spec. Applied by the English
Puritans to the union of churches on a Presbyterian basis. c. Applied in New England to the confederaton or
union of Congregational churches, in a somewhat closer union than that of
theoretical Independency. d. Hence, in U.S. a body of the nature
of a permanent Council, elected from and representing the Congregational
churches of a district, and possessing a certain tacitly conceded
ecclesiastical authority.
EncartaWED: 4. CHRISTIANITY association of
Reformed churches: an association of churches or religious
societies, especially Congregational churches in New England and Presbyterian
churches
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