Sentence examples for abbey congregation from inspiring English sources
As pastor to the Abbey congregation and staff he loved the daily round of worship and being alongside people from all ages and backgrounds, gaining a reputation as an effective minister and visitor.
UK and foreign dignitaries, senior politicians, charity workers and celebrities like the Beckhams are said to be among the Westminster Abbey congregation on 29 April.
Inside and outside the Abbey the subdued congregation found that darkness had not entirely prevailed.
The service of thanksgiving in Westminster Abbey had a dazzling congregation, including his brother, the TV wildlife presenter Sir David Attenborough, actors Sir Ben Kingsley, Sir Michael Caine, Sir John Hurt, Sir Kenneth Branagh and Dame Judi Dench.
The prince and his longtime girlfriend are to marry on Friday at Westminster Abbey before an invited congregation of some 1,900 people ranging from what the British call commoners — that is, ordinary people without titles — to crowned heads of old monarchies and a smattering of the newer elite from show business and sport.
If Islamic doctrine allowed men and women to pray together, today's first congregation would dwarf Westminster Abbey, which has a top capacity of 2,400 people.
A memorial service was held at the Abbey on 10 March 1977, at which the congregation was headed by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
The parish of Keynsham was part of the Keynsham Hundred, The settlement developed into a medieval market town, its growth prompted by the foundation of the influential and prosperous Keynsham Abbey, which had been founded by the Victorine congregation of canon regulars around 1170.
The words that caused the winds of applause already swirling around the crowds outside to overwhelm the congregation, rushing from the back of Westminster Abbey to the front, catching finally the royal family itself.
By the time of Poland's Golden Age – between the 16th and 18th Centuries – the Benedictine monks of the Polish Congregation were educated in Tyniec and sculptors such as Francesco Placidi and Franz Joseph Mangoldt had contributed works to the abbey.
