Parental generation (medicine) and congregation (iou)

Parental generation (medicine)

parental generation

The parents of a mating, commonly experimental, involving contrasting genotypes; the original mating of a genetic experiment; parents of the F1 generation.

congregation (iou)

congregation noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French congregation or Latin congregatio(n-), formed as CONGREGATE verb: see -ATION.]
The action of congregating or collecting into a crowd or mass. LME.
gen. A gathering, an assemblage, a company. LME.
Shakespeare Hamlet A foul and pestilent congregation of vapours. O. Henry The..outlaws seemed to be nothing more than a congregation of country bumpkins. J. S. Huxley A congregation of black snakes..convoluted in their mating ceremonies.
(Freq. Congregation.) A General assembly of (certain, esp. senior resident) members of a university. LME.
In the Bible, the collective body, or an actual assembly, of the Israelites in the wilderness. LME.
Roman Catholic Church. A body of people obeying a common religious rule. LME.
Congregation of the Propaganda: see PROPAGANDA noun 1.
b. An administrative subdivision of the papal curia, spec. a permanent committee of cardinals. L17.
A body of people assembled for religious worship or to hear a preacher; the body of people regularly attending a particular church etc. E16.
lead the prayers of a congregation: see LEAD verb1.
I. Compton-Burnett We shall see you all in church this evening, I hope? We want very much to have a full congregation.
Scottish History. The party of Protestant Reformers during the reign of Mary Stuart. M16.
congregationer noun (a) = CONGREGATIONALIST; (b) Scottish History a member of the party of Protestant Reformers (see CONGREGATION noun 7): M17.
congregationist noun (a) = CONGREGATIONALIST; (b) a member of a Roman Catholic congregation (see CONGREGATION 5): M17.

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